Ebook: Idiot America: How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free

pt. 1. The American way of idiocy. The Prince of Cranks ; The war on expertise ; Beyond Atlantis ; The Templars in town -- pt. 2. Truth. Radio nowhere ; God and Judge Jones -- pt. 3. Consequences. A woman dies on Beech Street ; How we look at the sea ; The principles of automatic pilot -- pt. 4. Mr. Madison's library. Torture in New Hampshire ; Mr. Madison's library.;With his razor-sharp wit and erudite reasoning, Pierce delivers a gut-wrenching, side-splitting lament about the glorification of ignorance in the United States, exploring how a country founded on intellectual curiosity has somehow deteriorated into a nation of simpletons.