Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction xi
4. Acknowledgments xvii
5. Fear of a Black President 1
6. Who in God’s Name Is Mitt Romney? 34
7. It’s Not About the Law, Stupid and The Supreme Court’s Dark Vision of Freedom and Where Is the Liberal Outrage? 48
8. The Innocent Man 62
9. 18 Tigers, 17 Lions, 8 Bears, 3 Cougars, 2 Wolves, 1 Baboon, 1 Macaque, and 1 Man Dead in Ohio 146
10. Did You Th ink About the Six People You Executed? 180
11. A Life Worth Ending 204
12. Mothers, Sisters, Daughters, Wives 224
13. School of Hate 252
14. Atonement 276
15. The Big Book 304
16. Terry Southern: The Art of Screenwriting 326
17. Mega: Ten Days Inside the Mansion—and the Mind—of Kim Dotcom, the Most Wanted Man on the Internet 356
18. Portrait of a Lady and Social Animal and We’re All Helmut Newton Now 390
19. Over the Wall 412
20. Batman and Robin Have an Altercation 420
21. The Living and the Dead 434
22. State of the Species 500
23. Permissions 527
24. Contributors 531