Idiot America - How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free Part 10

The chapter on WLAC in Nashville first gestated while I was reading the work of Peter Guralnick, especially Sweet Soul Music Sweet Soul Music and and Feel Like Going Home. Feel Like Going Home. The account of Michael Savage's brief career as a host of a television program on MSNBC is drawn largely from James Wolcott's hilarious The account of Michael Savage's brief career as a host of a television program on MSNBC is drawn largely from James Wolcott's hilarious Attack Poodles and Other Media Mutants. Attack Poodles and Other Media Mutants. The author also acknowledges a debt in his treatment of talk radio to the proprietors of Media Matters for America, and to Eric Alterman's The author also acknowledges a debt in his treatment of talk radio to the proprietors of Media Matters for America, and to Eric Alterman's What Liberal Media? What Liberal Media? and and Sound and Fury. Sound and Fury. The discussion of the treatment of presidential candidate Al Gore would not have been possible without the work of the redoubtable Bob Somerby at The discussion of the treatment of presidential candidate Al Gore would not have been possible without the work of the redoubtable Bob Somerby at www.dailyhowler.com.

In addition to Gordy Slack's The Battle Over the Meaning of Everything The Battle Over the Meaning of Everything, my account of the Dover intelligent design case, and of the intelligent design controversy in general, also depended on Before Darwin Before Darwin by Keith Thomson; by Keith Thomson; The Creationists: From Scientific Creationism to Intelligent Design The Creationists: From Scientific Creationism to Intelligent Design by Ronald Numbers; by Ronald Numbers; Monkey Trials and Gorilla Sermons Monkey Trials and Gorilla Sermons by Peter J. Bowler; Margaret Talbot's contemporaneous reportage in by Peter J. Bowler; Margaret Talbot's contemporaneous reportage in The New Yorker; The New Yorker; and P. J. Myers's work at his blog, and P. J. Myers's work at his blog, www.science blogs.com/pharyngula.

The account of the death of Terri Schiavo was aided immeasurably by The Case of Terri Schiavo The Case of Terri Schiavo, a collection of essays edited by Arthur Caplan, James McCartney, and Dominic Sisti. The story of Elizabeth Blackburn's experiences on the President's Council on Bioethics can be found most completely in Elizabeth Blackburn and the Story of Telomeres Elizabeth Blackburn and the Story of Telomeres by Catherine Brady. Also immensely helpful were Mich.e.l.le Goldberg's by Catherine Brady. Also immensely helpful were Mich.e.l.le Goldberg's Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism and Esther Kaplan's and Esther Kaplan's With G.o.d on Their Side. With G.o.d on Their Side.

The brief account of the history of whaling in and around the Chukchi Sea is drawn from the work of NASA's Jeremy Project (http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/arctic/explore/s.h.i.+p_history.html) and the online resources of the New Bedford Whaling Museum (http://www.whalingmuseum.org/library/amwhale/am_arctic.html). A. F. Jamieson's account of the Baychimo Baychimo comes from comes from www.theoutlaws.com/unexplained8.htm. The author also acknowledges a debt to the previous reporting on s.h.i.+shmaref done by Margot Roosevelt of Time Time magazine. magazine.

A number of accounts have been published concerning how the Iraq war came about. The author is especially indebted to Hubris Hubris by David Corn and Michael Isikoff, by David Corn and Michael Isikoff, Fiasco Fias...o...b.. Thomas Ricks, by Thomas Ricks, Losing Iraq Losing Iraq by David Phillips, by David Phillips, The Limits of Power The Limits of Power by Andrew J. Bacevich, by Andrew J. Bacevich, Imperial Life in the Emerald City Imperial Life in the Emerald City by Rajiv Chandrasekaran, and by Rajiv Chandrasekaran, and The Italian Letter The Italian Letter by Knut Royce and Peter Eisner. The Report of the Select Committee on Intelligence on Prewar a.s.sessments about Postwar Iraq is available online at by Knut Royce and Peter Eisner. The Report of the Select Committee on Intelligence on Prewar a.s.sessments about Postwar Iraq is available online at http://intelligence.senate.gov/prewar.pdf, as is the report concerning the political interference with government scientists produced by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The strange history and influence of 24 24 were ably set out first by Rebecca Dana of the were ably set out first by Rebecca Dana of the Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal, and, most notably, by Jane Mayer of The New Yorker. The New Yorker.

The American Bar a.s.sociation was kind enough to send along a transcript of the panel it conducted on the subject of high-profile cases that included both Judge Jones and Judge Whittemore. A precis of the event can be found at http://www.abanet.org/media/youraba/200702/article08.html.

Ignatius Donnelly's papers, including his vast diaries, are stored in the archives of the Minnesota Historical Society, and those of John Richbourg are part of the Blues Collection at the Williams Library of the University of Mississippi. The Reminiscences of F. C. Sowell, p. 30, are in the Oral History Collection of Columbia University. David Sanjak's study of postwar popular music was published in American Music American Music (vol. 15, no. 4, winter 1997, pp. 535-62). William Butler Pierce's impressions of his fellow delegates was published in (vol. 15, no. 4, winter 1997, pp. 535-62). William Butler Pierce's impressions of his fellow delegates was published in The American Historical Review The American Historical Review (vol. 3, no. 2, January 1898, pp. 310-34). All material from these archives is used by permission. (vol. 3, no. 2, January 1898, pp. 310-34). All material from these archives is used by permission.

Portions of this book previously appeared in other forms in Esquire Esquire and in and in The American Prospect Online. The American Prospect Online.DOUBLEDAY