The Age of American Unreason - Book Review Video
I review Susan Jacoby's The Age of American Unreason.
[1] Bill Moyers interviews Zach Kopplin and Susan Jacoby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_2rKurjtOw
[2] Underground City Derinkuyu (No, not the History Channel…I refuse to give that link) https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/03/150325-underground-city-cappadocia-turkey-archaeology/
[3] TRS-80 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80
[4] Judges 19 (Yes, it’s as horrific as I described it) https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges+19
[5] Story of Sodom and Lot https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+19
[6] Pilot Custom 823 https://youtu.be/yULd0FOwa10
[7] Adlai Stevenson Campaign Ad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxYDTTNYMic
[8] Adlai Stevenson Speech where he touts himself as a civilian, not a soldier https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGMebq9X15s
[9] Adlai Stevenson in Retrospect https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/adlai-stevenson-in-retrospect/
[10] Adlai Stevenson Obituary http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0205.html
[11] Egghead https://www.pbs.org/newshour/spc/character/glossaries/nixon.html
[12] How Smart Should the President Be https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-smart-should-the-president-be/
[13] Bobby Jindal: President Obama Caused Trump by Being Too Intellectual and Mature http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/03/jindal-obama-caused-trump-by-being-too-mature.html
[14] Is Obama Too Smart For His Own Good? https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/post/is-obama-too-smart-for-his-own-good/2011/03/29/AFMIuOuE_blog.html?utm_term=.f914b0567e79
[15] The Beer President https://www.huffingtonpost.com/kurt-a-gardinier/the-beer-president_b_2043196.html
[16] Basic Summary of the Scopes Trial http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/08/2/l_082_01.html
[17] Both Scopes Statues Now Up https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/14/us/darrow-bryan-dayton-tennessee-scopes-statues.html?_r=0
[18] Dover vs. Kitzmiller http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/21/education/judge-rejects-teaching-intelligent-design.html
[19] Dover vs. Kitzmiller http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/dover/kitzmiller_v_dover_decision.html
[20] Dover vs. Kitzmiller http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/intelligent-design-trial.html
[21] Marmarth Dinosaur Digs http://www.mrfdigs.com/
[22] North Dakota Badlands Fossils https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/11/travel/north-dakota-badlands-fossils-dinosaurs-prehistoric-public-digs.html
[23] John Stossel on Schools https://www.mediamatters.org/research/2006/01/19/stossel-presented-skewed-2020-segment-on-stupid/134675
[24] Wolf Shot https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1232061383562714&id=1225879137514272
[25] Idaho Wolf http://www.huntfishnw.com/index.php?topic=6819.0
[26] Trump Tax Plan (more nuanced than I show in the video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrjpCdOZuZs
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