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Your prayers have been answered – it’s a brand new episode of Go Fact Yourself! “Urban Raconteur” George Hahn and Washington Post columnist Alexandra Petri compete to answer trivia about people from heaven and double-O-seven.
Our best books for the beach include an irreverent take on U.S. history and a graceful look at grief.
Sure, the Gettysburg Address is an interesting part of American history, but what if it had been written by Aaron Sorkin? In her latest book, US History: Important American Documents (I Made Up), Washington Post columnist Alexandra Petri imagines a version of historical documents and classic literature that are a lot more fun.
Imagine if justices of the Highest Court in the Land had to live under a code of ethics just like us mere mortals – such as reporting when they've accepted gifts from wealthy collectors of Nazi memorabilia! Imagine that!
Washington Post columnist Alexandra Petri's US History: Important American Documents (I Made Up). From the founding fathers arguing about a narrative arc for the Federalist Papers to Dick Nixon's un-deleted expletives.