Howdy, Michael-

Have you had a chance to review the book excerpt I sent to you on William Bennett yet? Let me know when you get a moment, if you would.

Thanks,

Barrett Brown

Brooklyn, NY

512-560-2302

On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:

Groovy, have a good weekend. 

On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Michael Shermer <mshermer@skeptic.com> wrote:

Haven't read it yet. Busy with other things. will try to get to it next week or the week after.

Michael

On Jan 8, 2010, at 1:22 PM, Barrett Brown wrote:

Anyway, do you like the piece?

On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 12:58 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:

Ha, of course not. I'm a shameless self-promoter. Which issue would this appear in? Might need to tweak the footer based on that.

Title:

An Apparently Necessary Article to the Effect That Prohibition Didn't Work

By Barrett Brown

Add to bottom:

This article is excerpted from Brown's second book, Hot, Fat, and Clouded: The Amazing and Amusing Failures of America's Chattering Class, to be released in April. His first book, Flock of Dodos: Behind Modern Creationism, Intelligent Design, and the Easter Bunny, was released in 2007. He also serves as director of communications for Enlighten the Vote, a political action committee dedicated to the advancement of the Establishment Clause.

On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Michael Shermer <mshermer@skeptic.com> wrote:

Okay, got it. So...you want an article published that has no title or byline? You prefer anonymous?

On Jan 7, 2010, at 8:57 PM, Barrett Brown wrote:

Hi, Michael-

Here's the William Bennett/Prohibition excerpt I mentioned. Let me know if this works for you.

Thanks,

Barrett

On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 6:00 PM, Michael Shermer <mshermer@skeptic.com> wrote:

Hi Barrett,

Happy New Decade.

The bit on prohibition sounds interesting. I didn't know anyone is still arguing that it worked. I thought it was very clear that it increased crime, increased drinking, and decreased the quality of alcohol, the very opposite of what was intended.

Michael

On Dec 31, 2009, at 4:55 PM, Barrett Brown wrote:

Howdy-

I had occasion to reference the discussion you were involved in with Dembski a few years back, during which Daryn Kagan made the most ridiculous interruption I've ever seen during the course of your attempt to relate a pertinent story about the conference in the Galapagos Islands.

http://trueslant.com/barrettbrown/2009/12/31/rick-sanchez-puts-senator-ensigns-feet-to-the-fire-in-enhanced-interrogation/

I've been meaning to write that piece on David Icke for you; just been busy and disorganized while finishing up my second book, which will be out in April and which will deal with the great number of false and misleading claims put forth by respected pundits like Thomas Friedman, Charles Krauthammer, Richard Cohen, and William Bennett. Would you perhaps be interested in looking at some potential chapter excerpts for publication in Skeptic? For instance, I've got a nice bit on William Bennett's attempt to claim that Prohibition reduced crime and alcohol consumption, whereas the federal records clearly indicate otherwise. Let me know if that might interest you.

Thanks,

Barrett Brown

Brooklyn, NY

512-560-2302

Michael Shermer

Skeptics Society

Scientific American

2761 N. Marengo Ave.

Altadena, CA 91001

626/794-3119 (phone)

626/794-1301 (fax)

mshermer@skeptic.com

<Bennett Prohibition.doc>

Michael Shermer

Skeptics Society

Scientific American

2761 N. Marengo Ave.

Altadena, CA 91001

626/794-3119 (phone)

626/794-1301 (fax)

mshermer@skeptic.com

Michael Shermer

Skeptics Society

Scientific American

2761 N. Marengo Ave.

Altadena, CA 91001

626/794-3119 (phone)

626/794-1301 (fax)

mshermer@skeptic.com