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I just finished reading this fascinating book by Glenn Beck. I'll try to write a thorough review, so a few criticisms will be here, but the book was a delight to read. As I sat down and poured myself a Coke Zero, I prepared to read. First, I was impressed just by picking it up. The book is a high quality production with glossy pages and the smell of a new textbook.... definitely was a lot of thought into the production quality. Glenn has said multiple times that he tempers his ADD by surrounding himself with good people, and this book is no exception. Kevin Balfe's contribution is obvious (even gets 2nd billing as an author). There are a few other contributors who are likely responsible for much of the content. The book covers just about everything, with 1 chapter covering the main bullet points on Global Warming. There are better books if you want the science, this is just an introduction. There's only 23 pages on that, because he quickly moves to Marriage and Porn. The next chapters cover Islam, Body Image, Blind Dating, Income Gap, Oil Dependence, Liberal Universities, Political Games, Movie Rentals, Media Bias, Political Correctness, Tipping, Child Molesters (skip this one, it's disturbing), the UN, Remembering Names, Minimum Wage, Aging, Opinion Polls (GREAT CHAPTER), Poverty, Parenting, and Illegal Immigration. Just enough to get you a quick intro to Glenn's world view, with tons of funny ADD bubbles, hysterical cartoons, and entertaining graphics. I'm a bit of a political junkie, and tend to read just about everything when it hits the stores. This is not well researched book with extensive footnotes and insight. It's not full of mindless vitriole (except 2 comments on Rosie's weight, and some comparison between Nancy Pelosi and Lindsay Lohan that I can't understand). Most of these books you have to sit down and focus on to read, and many get boring after 50 pages. I strain to call the book political per se as Glenn seeks to make it more entertaining, or as he puts it, "the fusion of entertainment and enlightenment". It is far better than his previous book, the "Real America", which was rather boring to read (I think Glenn wrote it himself...). A few small comments. First, if you are a fan of the show, most of this is nothing you haven't heard before. As a matter of fact, I think some of the photos and text is lifted right out of his Fusion magazine. This is not surprising-Fusion has a fairly limited circulation, so it's likely most readers haven't seen this before. Second, there are a few small mistakes likely due to Glenn's ADD, but surprising that his editors did not catch. The governor of Washington State was ChrisTINE Gregoire, who is most definitely not a "he" (page 151). Also, I think the Merriam-Webster TIP definition is apocryphal--at least it wasn't in my edition (page 164). In Glenn's defense, the book is full of references to his ADD and inability to remember facts and names, so it is internally consistent.