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Mrs. Loftus and the Social Network

The following is an excerpt from "Week 2" of my recently released book, Chasing Glenn Beck. Back in 1970 Mrs. Loftus, my 7th-grade math teacher, first taught me about the dangers of social networking....

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America Needs Its Bad Guys

  The following is an excerpt from "Week 9" of my recently released book Chasing Glenn Beck.   America needs its bad guys—the more unambiguously hateful the better—and given a cultural blueprint that...

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The Rick Santorum Ephiphany

  The following is an excerpt from "Week 12" of my recently released book, Chasing Glenn Beck.   Sometimes a metaphor slaps you in the face so hard you just have to pay attention. I’m sitting on the...

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Don't Stop Believing

The following is an excerpt from "Week Four" of my upcoming book, Chasing Glenn Beck.   Facts are unimportant these days. We live in a time of instant myth-making, a time when revisionist history...

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Politics, My Foot(note)!

I recently read an article--I'm not sure where--about the changing role of the noble yet lowly footnote. It seems that with the advent of e-reading (and, in particular e-books), the footnote is not...

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Acknowledgements & Thanks

Now that the book is out (and thanks to those who have bought their copy!), I thought it time to personally acknowledge all of those who participated in its creation.  Here, then, is the...

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Manifesto Destiny: How to Recognize Democrats and Republicans

  The following is an excerpt from Week Ten: Manifesto Destiny... Both the Democratic and Republican parties have manifestos, though I doubt either would willingly admit it.  They certainly don’t use...

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Truth is a Funny Thing, and That's a Fact...

  The following is an excerpt from "Week 4: I Believe in Me" Facts are unimportant these days. We live in a time of instant myth-making, a time when revisionist history happens almost before history...

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Remembering Remembering Kennedy...

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 6: Twitterdreams. Like just about everyone I knew growing up, I was raised by good, solid, middle-class Democrats. My stepfather worked for the U.S. Postal...

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