Political Panel The panelists discussed the current state of politics. Thomas Frank wrote What’s the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America. Thai Jones wrote A Radical Line: From the Labor Movement to the Weather Underground, One Family’s Century of Conscience. John Judis wrote Folly of Empire: What George W. Bush Could Learn from Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. Craig Unger wrote House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship between the World’s Two Most Powerful Dynasties. There was no question and answer period. close