Dubious and far-fetched ideas.

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• Dirty Phone Tricks for the Presidential Campaign Beware, some callers have hidden agendas.
  Hart Seely April 14, 2008
  
• The Fake Memoirist's Survival Guide How to embellish your life story without getting caught.
  Christopher Beam March 6, 2008
  
• Worst Publishing Week Ever A phony Holocaust memoir. A made-up tale of a gangland childhood. What's next?
  Daniel Engber March 4, 2008
  
• The Poetry of Roger Clemens The Rocket's collected works.
  Hart Seely Feb. 15, 2008
  
• The Encyclopedia Baracktannica Now with more words and definitions!
  Chris Wilson Feb. 14, 2008
  
• It's Not You, It's Me Letter from a young, hip, cynical former Obamamaniac.
  Dahlia Lithwick Feb. 14, 2008
  
• Hardballs How would Chris Matthews sound if he talked to men like he talks to women?
  Hart Seely Jan. 22, 2008
  
• The Mitchell Report: American Gladiators Edition An independent investigation into the use of steroids by Titan, Venom, and of course, Laser.
  Justin Peters Jan. 15, 2008