There's no excuse therefore, for a 1,152 page book. I think we should all be using 300-page paperbacks. These exist.

Nobody would ever want to read a textbook about the Civil War and then interrupt that for two pages about water rights in the west.

Conclusions are not always pleasant.

Textbooks pretty much have no real drama. They have no real storyline. To the extent they have a storyline.

People have a right to their own opinions, but not to their own facts. Evidence must be located, not created, and opinions not backed by evidence cannot be given much weight.

Many Americans have never owned a book, and I'm not talking about because of the recent digital revolution. I'm talking about before there even was a digital revolution.

We preach democracy while supporting dictatorships.