IDIOT AMERICA(ISBN=) 英文原版

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　　The three Great Premises of Idiot America:
　　· Any theory is valid if it sells books, soaks up ratings, or
otherwise moves units
　　· Anything can be true if someone says it loudly enough
　　· Fact is that which enough people believe. Truth is determined
by how fervently they believe it
　　With his trademark wit and insight, veteran journalist Charles
Pierce delivers a gut-wrenching, side-splitting lament about the
glorification of ignorance in the United States.
　　Pierce asks how a country founded on intellectual curiosity has
somehow deteriorated into a nation of simpletons more apt to vote
for an American Idol contestant than a presidential candidate. But
his thunderous denunciation is also a secret call to action, as he
hopes that somehow, being intelligent will stop being a stigma, and
that pinheads will once again be pitied, not celebrated. Erudite
and razor-sharp, Idiot America is at once an invigorating history
lesson, a cutting cultural critique, and a bullish appeal to our
smarter selves.

　　Charles P. Pierce is a staff writer for the Boston Globe
Magazine, a contributing writer for Esquire, and a frequent
contributor to American Prospect and Slate. His work has also
appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the Los Angeles Times
Magazine, The Nation, The Atlantic, and the Chicago Tribune, among
other publications, and he is a regular on NPR’s Wait, Wait, Don’t
Tell Me and Only a Game.
　　Visit the author’s wbsite at .