Deluders of the People offers a view of America through the eyes of its ghosts and entertainers: Johnny Carson, Dick Cavett, Washington Irving, George Washington, and Burfie—the talking device that knows your every move. Each voice joins the national trial, where laughter becomes testimony and politics performance. “Say Burfie before you say hello.” A satire that stages the republic as courtroom, studio, and confession booth.

Yankee Doodle bought the town. Yankee Doodle dandy— Bought the town and raised the rent, Ain’t the laws so handy? Yankee Doodle went to court, With a spiteful grudge; Slipped a dollar in his hand, And bought himself a judge. Yankee Doodle bought the vote, Voices all for sale; Every dollar gets to speak — The biggest stack prevail. Yankee Doodle made it law, Money talks the loudest; Build a mountain billions high, And buy yourself the proudest. Yanke...