From the Vault: How Stupid Are We? / Rick Shenkman

From the Vault: How Stupid Are We? / Rick Shenkman

Rick Shenkman is the author of "Just How Stupid Are We? Facing the Truth about the American Voter" (Basic Books), the second chapter of which was excerpted at TomDispatch.com as the article, "How Ignorant Are We?: The Voters Choose… but on the Basis of What?." Rick is an Emmy Award-winning investigative reporter, New York Times bestselling author, and professor of history at George Mason University is also the founder and editor of History News Network, a website that features articles by historians on current events. He also blogs at "How Stupid?"