| Review of Aristotle and an Aardvark Go To Washington: Understanding Political Doublespeak Through Philosophy and Jokes by Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein ($19, Abrams Image, 2008). by Forbes.com - Michael Maiello
Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein, both writers and philosophers, have offered up a soothing tonic for the absurdities of a primary election season teeming with sound bites so inane you can feel them them burning. In Aristotle and an Aardvark Go To Washington, the two authors and friends use old gags and classical philosophy to unpack a language mangled by self-interested politicos. This is a follow up to their previous bestseller, Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar, in which the pair used jokes to explain philosophy....[read more] |