David’s Reviews > That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back > Status Update

I've enjoyed it but I'm ready to finish it and start my next book. Too many boring examples that start to blend together over time.

I like when they discuss the way various political lies affect people. There's a section in which they talk about how a Republican Senator named Robert Bennett had his own party spreading lies about him. Glenn Beck and others claimed that he supported ObamaCare and it got accepted as fact despite the fact it was untrue.

Liking it a lot more now that the enormous and depressing chapter on education is over with. I like that they call out Republicans and Democrats, even though a part of me did get a little defensive LOL.

Interesting though I'm sure I won't retain much information. Loved that Singapore and Bahrain were referenced since I just Wiki'd them within the past two months. Also liked the story about how the internet was the only thing that allowed the world to know about the Syrian regime's brutality. Interesting stuff.