You will never regard political polls the same after reading
David W. Moore's devastating inside account of their severe limitations
and misapplications. This book should be required reading for journalists,
political junkies, students, scholars and citizens. Robert
W. McChesney, author of The Political Economy of Media
"We all know that the corporate press conducts its own opinion
polls and keeps headlining the results as if such stuff were news. What
we don't know is just how sloppyand misleadingmost of that
work really is. In this important book, veteran pollster David Moore
meticulously notes the many defects in such polling." Mark
Crispin Miller, author of Fooled Again: The Real Case for Electoral
Reform
"The next time your phone rings with questions from a pollster,
beware. David Moore rings an alarm bell that democracy is endangered
by the way the news media use public opinion polls. The Opinion Makers
demonstrates what James Madison said 200 years ago-a misinformed public
becomes a threat to democracy." Ben H. Bagdikian, author
of The New Media Monopoly
"No book about dreams could be more timely or more important
Filled with insights that will delight, amuse, and infuriate readers.
American Dreamers provides insight into the country's future,
insight that is available from no other (or better) source." Stanley
Krippner, Ph.D., Co-author, Haunted by Combat: Understanding PTSD in
War Veterans
"This powerful, unprecedented, and compelling book brings real
Christianity out of the shadows. It lights up the religious roots of
American society at a time when progressives need to challenge conservative
politicians who use Christianity as a false prop for their ideology."
George Lakoff, author of Don't Think of an Elephant!
"Forrest Church, a deeply spiritual but always practical visionary,
is a minister to us all with this moving and instructive book on the
lessons of life and death. A lovely, important book." Tom
Brokaw
"Truly a gift, one that will echo in my own preaching and teaching,
and in my own life as well Church blesses us with his eloquence,
his faith, and, mostly, his love." Rabbi Harold Kushner,
author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People