One of a never-ending series of reviews, critiques and general complaints and raves about stuff like books and movies and whatever.
What is the matter with Kansas, you say?
In this impressive book, Thomas Frank recounts both the recent economic and political history of middle America (specifically, Kansas, his home state) as well as the various forces that created the almost backwards shift of the state from liberal to extremely conservative. He includes tales of his childhood dreams of entering the conservative elite, and explains the "backlash" of today's political culture that ends up pitting the working man against himself. It really is a sweet read. Although there isn't any espionage or explosions, if you have an attention span enough to read this post I'd imagine you could read deep enough into this book to be hooked. Whether you are a democrat, republican or straight-up libertarian, it makes a very entertaining and hopefully enlightening read. ****/*****
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"The various forces that created the almost backwards shift of the state from liberal to extremely conservative?" "The "backlash" of today's political culture that ends up pitting the working man against himself?"
and i thought captain underpants was a good read!
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