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Thomas Frank Returns With New Book About the Billionairesnew

"Democrats really failed to speak to the new angry sensibility in the country. And Obama's personality is almost precisely wrong for the populist moment—he really has trouble turning on that emotion."
INDY Week  |  Bob Geary  |  01-04-2012  |  Nonfiction

How Conservatives are Dismantling the Federal Governmentnew

Fresh off listening to Republican presidential nominee John McCain's acceptance speech last week, it was cathartic to visit with Thomas Frank's The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule.
INDY Week  |  Bob Geary  |  09-11-2008  |  Nonfiction

Thomas Frank's Populist Polemic Doesn't Really Understandnew

If attacking the crimes of contemporary conservatism were an Olympic sport, Thomas Frank would be Michael Phelps.
Charleston City Paper  |  Dylan Hales  |  09-10-2008  |  Nonfiction

God's Countrynew

Thomas Frank engages the most important political question of our time: why do so many of America’s working poor vote persistently against their own economic interests?
Boston Phoenix  |  Catherine Tumber  |  07-27-2004  |  Nonfiction

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