{"product_id":"profiles-in-ignorance-how-americas-politicians-got-dumb-and-dumber-9781668003893","title":"Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber","description":"NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER *WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLER * Andy Borowitz, \"one of the funniest people in America\" (CBS Sunday Morning), brilliantly \"chronicles our embrace of anti-intellectualism\" (Walter Isaacson) in American politics, from Ronald Reagan to Dan Quayle, from George W. Bush to Sarah Palin, to its apotheosis in Donald J. Trump.Andy Borowitz has been called a \"Swiftian satirist\" (The Wall Street Journal) and \"one of the country's finest satirists\" (The New York Times). Millions of fans and New Yorker readers enjoy his satirical news column \"The Borowitz Report.\" Now, in Profiles in Ignorance, he delivers \"a wittily alarming polemic that tracks the evolution of American politics from grounds for gravitas to festival of idiocy\" (The New York Times). Borowitz argues that over the past fifty years, American politicians have grown increasingly allergic to knowledge, and mass media have encouraged the election of ignoramuses by elevating candidates who are better at performing than thinking. Starting with Ronald Reagan's first campaign for governor of California in 1966 and culminating with the election of Donald J. Trump to the White House, Borowitz shows how, during the age of twenty-four-hour news and social media, the US has elected politicians to positions of great power whose lack of the most basic information is terrifying. In addition to Reagan, Quayle, Bush, Palin, and Trump, Borowitz covers a host of congresspersons, senators, and governors who have helped lower the bar over the past five decades. Profiles in Ignorance aims to make us both laugh and cry: laugh at the idiotic antics of these public figures, and cry at the cataclysms these icons of ignorance have caused. But most importantly, the book delivers a call to action and a cause for optimism: History doesn't move in a straight line, and we can change course if we act now.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-2003454\"\u003eAndy Borowitz\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Avid Reader Press \/ Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/05\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.43h x 5.43w x 1.26d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781668003893\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1668003899\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POL\"\u003ePolitical Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POL046000\"\u003eCommentary \u0026amp; Opinion\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POL\"\u003ePolitical Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POL030000\"\u003eAmerican Government | National\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POL\"\u003ePolitical Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POL015000\"\u003ePolitical Process | Political Parties\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAndy Borowitz is an award-winning comedian and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author. He grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, and graduated from Harvard College, where he became President of the \u003ci\u003eHarvard Lampoon\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1998, he began contributing humor to \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e's \"Shouts \u0026amp; Murmurs\" and \"Talk of the Town\" departments, and in 2001, he created \"The Borowitz Report,\" a satirical news column, which has millions of readers around the world. In 2012, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e began publishing \"The Borowitz Report.\" As a storyteller, he hosted \"Stories at the Moth\" from 1999 to 2009. As a comedian, he has played to sold-out venues around the world, including during his national tour, \"Make America Not Embarrassing Again,\" from 2018 to 2020. He is the first-ever winner of the National Press Club's humor award. He lives with his family in New Hampshire.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Avid Reader Press \/ Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44380464677003,"sku":"9781668003893","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_0a3271a0-8632-4714-94e5-f98f578e53dc.jpg?v=1760544789","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/profiles-in-ignorance-how-americas-politicians-got-dumb-and-dumber-9781668003893","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}