Which "What's the Matter With Kansas" do you prefer?

[Rooney]

William Allen White was pretty much the epitome of the pretentious, Progressive Era journalist. I have not enjoyed much of what White scribed, although he did have some interesting entries into the zeitgeist of American screed . On the other hand, Thomas Frank is the epitome of a modern day pretentious journalist. I have read both of these works and I had to vote for White, though it irks me.

As for Frank's work I detested it. He was haughty and put forward a strange worldview that people need always vote and act for their self-interests and then he has the nerve to call conservative leaning Americans "selfish." People have never and will never vote for their self-interests because the man is far more than an economic creature. The man has a social need and that is what usually directs all voting. A book about this common occurrence since the first ballot was placed into the first ballot box in the days of Ancient Athens did not need to be written.