Pritical Thinking is a book on a mission to restore critical thinking and common sense to American politics and public policy. It's about ending the practice of telling people what to think and teaching them how to think. The author's hope is that, after reading Pritical Thinking, the reader will think differently; that they will read more than the headlines; that they will become more than just a sound-bite junkie; that they will listen to the news with a "pritical" ear and ask probing, clarifying questions that require people to defend their opinions. Pritical Thinking offers an alternative method to evaluating politics and public policy and instills a healthy level of skepticism in conventional wisdom as presented to us by politicians and the mainstream media. Ultimately, it is about taking back the country from the current crop of leaders and reversing the cycle of the dumbing down of America!