Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-233) and index.
Civics, pimped out : the DC hustle and flow (or, the game, as played almost entirely by non-pimps) -- Dynasty : the closest you'll get to royalty in the USA (except when actual royalty visits us) -- Economics made fun (or, check out these photographs of adorable animals!) -- Diplo-messy : foreign affairs (but not in the "people I've kissed on vacation" sense) -- God bless this mess : peaceful religions and why they fight -- Hot buttons : the issues Americans like to yell about most -- You've read this book, now what?