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By Katrina vanden Heuvel
Katrina vanden Heuvel, celebrated editor of The Nation, asked her readers to help decipher Republican doublespeak. The result is Dictionary of Republicanisms, a grassroots groundswell of hilarious submissions.
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(And Bernard Goldberg is Only #73)
By Jack Huberman
From the bestselling author of The Bush-Hater's Handbook comes this hilarious riposte to Bernard Goldberg's absurd right-wing attack on American liberals. 101 People Who Are Really Screwing America names the real "crooks liars, and cheats" who undermine American democracy.
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Ammunition for Nonbelievers, Political Junkies, Gadflies, and Those Generally Hell-Bound
By Jack Huberman
A treasure trove of quotes and aphorisms by philosophers, scientists, poets, writers, artists, entertainers, and political figures.
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By Terry Jones
Terry Jones's War on the War on Terror proves that in times of high political anxiety, humor and irony are most potent antidotes to the spin emanating from the White House and Downing Street. From the co-creator of Monty Python comes this bitingly hilarious collection of writing about the American and British responses to 9/11.
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An Unbridled Look at the Bizarre Reality of Fox News
By Tom Breuer and Joseph Minton Amann
From the authors of Sweet Jesus, I Hate Bill O'Reillycomes a hilarious skewering of America's number one cable news network.
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A Heathen's Guide to the Rapture
By Jim Gerard
From Nostradamus to the Watchtower, prophets and scribes have been getting the date of the Rapture wrong. But who can now deny that the portents of the Second Coming are finally here? The bad news is that the Rapture has come and you've been Left Behind.
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A Field Guide to Conservative Sex Scandals
By Tom Breuer and Joseph Minton Amann
The team who brought us Sweet Jesus, I Hate Bill O'Reillynow casts a satirical eye on the hilarious sex lives of the nation's small army of libidinous right-wing scolds. |
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378 Reasons Never to Vote for the Party of Reagan, Nixon and Bush Again
By Jack Huberman
From the author of the bestselling Bush-Hater's Handbook, and in time for the 2008 election, here comes Jack Huberman's latest foray into the dark side of right-wing politics. |
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The Ancient Wisdom That Tells You It's Okay to Be Greedy
By Jim Gerard
From the author of Beam Me Up Jesus comes this hilarious parody of the self-help books that have made millions off the misery of the masses. |
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By Tom Tomorrow
Welcome to a world where George Bush and Dick Cheney are secretly radical leftists trying to destroy the Republican party from within and Richard Perle hosts the "NeoCon Game Show," awarding fabulous prizes to the contestant with the most outlandishly inappropriate answers—welcome to the world of Tom Tomorrow. From Hurricane Katrina to the latest presidential campaign, these cartoons provide an unflinching look at where we've been and just how bright we can expect the future to be.
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Walking in the Shoes of Carnies, Arms Dealers, Immigrant Dreamers, Pot Farmers, and Christian Believers
By Harmon Leon
In The American Dream, Harmon Leon uncovers the humorous, contradictory ways in which people define themselves in relation to their country. Leon's pursuit takes him from the pot fields of Northern California to reality T.V. shows in Culver City and from swinging parties in the suburbs to Christian protests against fornicators in Kansas, offering a funny, satirical and poignant take on what it means to live in twenty-first century America.
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Global Adventures with Coca-Cola
By Mark Thomas
Mark Thomas—a legendarily seditious comedian and human rights activist—is a recovering Coca-Cola addict, a self-described "middle-aged fat dad with asthma" who decides to trek around the globe investigating the stories and people Coca-Cola's iconic advertising campaigns don't mention: child laborers in sugar cane fields of El Salvador, Indian workers exposed to toxic chemicals, Columbian labor union leaders in Coke bottling plants falsely accused of terrorism and jailed alongside the paramilitaries who want to kill them. At once hilarious and disturbing, Thomas builds a very detailed and damning case against the world's most ubiquitous drink.
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April 23 - January 16 | Exhibition around the world
Institute Fellow and award-winning photographer is the winner of the 2010 World Press Photo of the Year contest. Every year following the World Press Photo Contest, the winning images go on tour. The exhibition is officially opened in Amsterdam as part of the award ceremony in April and can be seen at venues around the globe until the next year. The tour program takes in approximately 100 cities in 45 countries and is still expanding.
September 24 - October 5
Fatima Bhutto: Author Tour
(Across the United States)
Please join Fatima Bhutto as she travels from New York to Massachusetts, Oregon and California on an author tour to discuss her new memoir, Songs of Blood and Sword.
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October 5
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Herding Donkeys: Howard Dean and Ari Berman on the Future of the Democratic Party
(92Y Tribeca, 200 Hudson Street, New York City)
Nation Institute Fellow Ari Berman talks about his new book, Herding Donkeys: The Fight to Rebuild the Democratic Party and Reshape American Politics, with former Governor of Vermont, Howard Dean.
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