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'Bertie (Bertrand Russell's Excellent American Adventure) by Sidney Norinsky
A world-renowned Intellectual is harangued for his social and political views by a media demagogue and conservative religious agenda that threatens to destroy his career and marriage. 2011? Think again!
In 1940, philosopher and mathematician Bertrand Russell was accused of corrupting the youth of America; Radio and newspapers were marshalled by Christian moralists to confuse and coerce the American public; legal battles pitted the country's intelligentsia against the 'nice' people in a discussion about the limits of the freedom of speech and the purpose of democracy.
"Bertie" explores this shameful chapter in the American experience and serves to remind us that those who forget the past are...
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