Table of Contents
A Free Lunch
Magical Magics of the Rainforest
But I’m Having Too Much Fun to Get Married Now!
Little Bundles of Joy, or Something
12 Years with No Possibility of Parole
???
On Punching
Everyone Loves a Liar
This Is America
This Is Really America
What It Feels Like to Be Stupid. Maybe.
How to Be a Bad Writer
How the Terrorists Won
Anywhere That Isn’t Here
#LookAtMeImInLondon
“Like” If You’re Sad for Mabutu
The Subtle Art of Being Offended
Looking for Attention
That’s Not What Our Product Is For
The Celebrity Suicide Rate
Not Rich and Famous Then, Just Rich
That Looks So Cute On You!
Are You a Man or a Fanboy?
Storyteller
How to Be a Good Writer
Do You Think You’re Smarter Than Me?
Politically Canadian
Is It a Boy or a Girl?
Fifty Shades of Denial
We Were Soldiers Once, or Pretended Anyway
Down to Die Tonight
Draw Your Own Conclusions, As Long As They’re The Ones We Want
Most People Are Idiots, But You’re a Scientist
It’s Not Your Fault
Wheat is Murder
Beating the Free Market
No More Free Lunch
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Max Bright asks the questions you never thought to ask, and finds answers in the many under-handed strategies people, companies and institutions use to succeed in getting what they want.