Farhad Manjoo says:
I'm not sure if this is a serious solicitation, an odd scam, or some kind of parody of the news business, but an "author and physics researcher" is selling (for $3.5 million) a flash drive that he claims contains "fact-based verifiable research that details the evidence for a major newly discovered national political-religious controversy in the United States."
What is this controversy? Of course, he can't say, but he promises it'll be good — it involves secret religious texts, would affect the standing of some U.S. politicians, and could decide the 2008 presidential race!
Reader comment:
John Parman says:
This is very funny to read. I got a hit on this while in a conference call with a group of agents repping religion authors this week. It seems like he has approached a lot of people to sell this story. But, really, $3.5 million? I personally think the story is either: A) The planned April meeting between a group of American faith leaders with Ayatollah Khameni of Iran in Oslo, which may or may not result in a deal regarding religious freedom and nuclear power; or B) The much-discussed rebellion by middle-of-the-road evangelicals from the GOP because of concern over environmental and social justice issues and a general softening of the GOP's ability to rally the religious faithful – the expectation may be that the GOP will lose the middle-road evangelical vote if it continues to play up life sexual orientation issues. My thoughts, of course. I personally hope he writes a book, because I'll get that for free!
