In this, her final and perhaps greatest book, Molly Ivins launches a counterattack on the executive branchβs shredding of our cherished Bill of Rights. From illegal wiretaps and the unlawful imprisonment of American citizens to the creeping influence of religious extremism on our national agenda and the erosion of the checks and balances that prevent a president from seizing unitary powers, Ivins and her longtime collaborator, Lou Dubose, describe the attacks on Americaβs vital constitutional guarantees. With devastating humor and keen eyes for deceit and hypocrisy, they show how severe these incursions have become, and they ask us all to take an active role in protecting the Bill of Rights.
Praise for Bill of Wrongs:
βShould make anyone laugh, cheer and roar with rage.β βNew Orleans Times-Picayune
β[Molly Ivins is] wonderfully direct about the costs of our lost civil liberties. . . . Ivinsβ voiceβin all its drawling, acerbic, storytelling, fearless gloryβis stilled now. . . . But her message lives on. And every thoughtful American ought to be listening.β βThe Buffalo News
βWith her characteristic acerbic humor, Ivins and colleague Dubose dissect the myriad attacks the Bush administration has made on the Bill of Rights and how ordinary citizens have fought back.β βBooklist
βIvinsβ own description of the book is spot-on: βa hopeful and gladsome romp through some serious terrain.β βThe New York Observer
βA truly compelling read . . . filled with devastating humor and razor-sharp commentary.β βAustinist
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