Subject: Query from Barrett Brown (Vanity Fair, HuffPo, Skeptic, etc)
From: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com>
Date: 8/20/09, 14:11
To: betsyr@thenation.com

Hi, Betsy-

I wanted to see if you might interested in taking a look at an allegedly humorous article I'm in the midst of writing which details the incompetence and intellectual dishonesty of TNR editor-in-chief Martin Peretz.

I'm a regular contributor to Vanity Fair, Skeptic, The Huffington Post, The Onion, and a few other outlets. My first book, Flock of Dodos: Behind Modern Creationism, Intelligent Design, and the Easter Bunny, was released in 2007; my second, Caught, Fat, and Clouded: The Manifold Failures of the American Punditry, is set for publication next year. I also serve as director of communications for Enlighten the Vote (formerly the Godless Americans Political Action Committee), a PAC dedicated to advancing secularist causes.

Here's a link to a recent piece that's similar to the one I'm proposing: http://www.vanityfair.com/online/politics/2009/08/the-trouble-with-charles-krauthammer.html

Please let me know if this interests you.

Thanks,

Barrett Brown
Brooklyn, NY
512-560-2302