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Alternating between laugh-out-loud scenes from his childhood and acidic ruminations on the present state of an America he and his famous fundamentalist parents helped create, best-selling author Frank Schaeffer asks what the Glenn Becks and the Rush Limbaughs and the paranoid fantasies of the “right-wing echo chamber” are really all about. Here’s a hint: sex.

Responsible. Independent. Hard-working. These are qualities that used to define Americans. But now we're a nation of whiners, blamers, and excuse-makers. So says Michael Graham - radio talk show host, former GOP campaign consultant, and journalist - in his new book.

Eager to retell the narrative of her own family and her coming-of-age, Patti Davis casts aside misperceptions that defined her in the past. Far from being the enfant terrible, Dear Mom and Dad reveals young Patti as a sensitive child, who was not able to be the public person her family demanded. Davis casts an empathetic yet honest eye on her parents—on her father, the eternal lifeguard, who saved seventy-seven people, yet failed to create a coherent AIDS policy, and her mother, who never escaped her own tortured youth.

"Florence Henderson, Upbeat Mom of 'the Brady Brunch,' Dies at 82" is from the November 25, 2016 Entertainment section of The New York Times. It was written by Anita Gates and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

"My Undocumented Mom, America's Housekeeper" is from the June 23, 2016, Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Luba Cortes and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"The Fight Working Moms Won" is from the September 17, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Bryce Covert and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"After Funeral and Cremation, a Shock: The Woman in the Coffin Wasn’t Mom" is from the March 21, 2016, US section of The New York Times. It was written by Michael Wilson and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.