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Subject: Hot, Fat, and Clouded Excerpts
From: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com>
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Hi, John-

I wanted to check and see if you might be interested in taking a look at an
excerpt from my second book, *Hot, Fat, and
Clouded<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0982139144/ref=s9_simi_gw_s0_p14_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1Z0RYG59CYBZAVNP0E6T&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846>
*, which concerns the manner in which our nation's most respected columnists
- Thomas Friedman, Charles Krauthammer, and Richard Cohen, for instance -
have gained and maintained their positions of prominence despite having made
all sorts of failed predictions, contradicted themselves on rather important
issues, and otherwise contributed to the general public misunderstanding.

As for me, I'm a regular contributor to *Vanity Fair*, *The Huffington Post*
, *Skeptic*, and *True/Slant*, and my other work has appeared in dozens of
additional publications. My first book, *Flock of Dodos: Behind Modern
Creationism, Intelligent Design, and the Easter Bunny*, was released in 2007
to praise from Alan Dershowitz of Harvard Law School and Matt Taibbi
of *Rolling
Stone*, among other nice folks.

Let me know if you'd like to see the manuscript or perhaps a selection of
potential excerpts.

Thanks,

Barrett Brown
Brooklyn, NY
512-560-2302