What's the Matter with Kansas Author:Thomas Frank "When I read Thomas Frank, I hear a bugle in the background. It's the cavalry-to-the-rescue call: There you are, surrounded by Republicans - outmanned, outgunned, and damn near out of both ammunition and humor - when up shows Thomas Frank, A heartland populist, Frank is hilariously funny on what makes us red-staters different from those blue-sta... more »ters (not), and he actually knows evangelical Christians, antiabortion activists, gun0nuts, and Bubbas. I promise y'all, this is the only way to understand why so many Americans have decided to vote against their own economic and political interests. And Frank explores the subject with scholarship, understanding, passion, and - thank you, Mark Twain - such tart humor." -Molly Ivins« less