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"Wherever the people are well informed," Thomas Jefferson wrote, "they can be trusted with their own government." But what happens when they are not? In every issue of modern society--from climate change to vaccinations, transportation to technology, health care to defense--we are in the midst of an... Read More about The War on Science: Who's Waging It, Why It Matters, What We Can Do about It

From the screenwriter of the Oscar-nominated House of Sand and Fog, a fierce, elegant, page-turning novel about race, money, and the American Dream ***Finalist for the 2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize*** Sins of Our Fathers follows small-town banker J.W., who has been caught embezzling funds to sup... Read More about Sins of Our Fathers

From the screenwriter of the Oscar-nominated House of Sand and Fog, a fierce, elegant, page-turning novel about race, money, and the American Dream ***Finalist for the 2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize*** Sins of Our Fathers follows small-town banker J.W., who has been caught embezzling funds to sup... Read More about Sins of Our Fathers

"Whenever the people are well informed," Thomas Jefferson wrote, "they can be trusted with their own government."But what happens in a world dominated by complex science? Are the people still well-enough informed to be trusted with their own government? And with less than 2 percent of Congress with ... Read More about Fool Me Twice: Fighting the Assault on Science in America

From the screenwriter of the Oscar-nominated House of Sand and Fog comes a fierce, elegant page-turner about race, money, and the American Dream. JW is a small-town banker; his specialty, teaching other bankers in towns near Indian reservations how to profit from casino deposits without exposing the... Read More about Sins of Our Fathers Lib/E

From the screenwriter of the Oscar-nominated House of Sand and Fog comes a fierce, elegant page-turner about race, money, and the American Dream.JW is a small-town banker; his specialty, teaching other bankers in towns near Indian reservations how to profit from casino deposits without exposing them... Read More about Sins of Our Fathers