{"product_id":"profiles-in-ignorance-how-americas-politicians-got-dumb-and-dumber-hardcover-borowitz-andy-hardcover","title":"Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber -- Andy Borowitz, Hardcover","description":"\u003cb\u003eNamed One of 7 Best Nonfiction Books of the Fall by \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndy Borowitz, \"one of the funniest people in America\" (CBS \u003ci\u003eSunday Morning\u003c\/i\u003e), brilliantly examines the intellectual deterioration of American politics, from Ronald Reagan to Dan Quayle, from George W. Bush to Sarah Palin, to its apotheosis in Donald J. Trump.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe winner of the first-ever National Press Club award for humor, Andy Borowitz has been called a \"Swiftian satirist\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) and \"one of the country's finest satirists\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e). Millions of fans and \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e readers enjoy his satirical news column \"The Borowitz Report.\" Now, in \u003ci\u003eProfiles in Ignorance\u003c\/i\u003e, he offers a witty, spot-on diagnosis of our country's political troubles by showing how ignorant leaders are degrading, embarrassing, and endangering our nation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBorowitz 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eProfiles in Ignorance\u003c\/i\u003e 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 Andy Borowitz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Avid Reader Press \/ Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/13\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.66h x 5.82w x 1.05d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781668003886\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/06\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2022 pg. 112","brand":"Andy Borowitz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43951378268388,"sku":"9781668003886","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9781668003886.jpg?v=1719512660","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/profiles-in-ignorance-how-americas-politicians-got-dumb-and-dumber-hardcover-borowitz-andy-hardcover","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}