Life in These United States Author:Readers Digest Yes, this is exactly what it sound like: A collection, arranged by topic, of the famous humor column that began in Reader's Digest back in 1943. Admittedly a guilty pleasure, the charm of these anecdotes is that they're actually true, always about some facet of American life, and sometimes genuinely funny. The magazine receives 8,000 sub... more »missions a month from readers for this column, and has collected the best of the published items here. Even the ones that fall a little short will usually make you smile. « less