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Book Review of The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things: Crime, Drugs, Minorities, Teen Moms, Killer Kids, Mutant Microbes, Plane Crashes, Road Rage, & So Much More

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Even though he gives a "10th anniversary" introductory note to talk about the post-9/11 world, the whole book could use an update. The book was originally published in 1999, and the author talks a lot about current (pseudo)problems of the 1990s that don't resonate with me as much now.