Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for October 15, 2015

A gift for screwing up history.

Did he write the new Steve Jobs movie too?

A much better book: The Oh Really? Factor by Peter Hart.

I cordially dislike Bill O’Reilly.I haven’t read any of these titles.But a fairly consistent thread in the published reviews (even from liberal sources) is that they are engagingly written, fun to read. They are often called riveting and compared to can’t- put-‘em-down novels. Some have been challenged on historical matters.But for me it comes down to this: Whether I want to read about Jesus or Patton or Lincoln or anyone else, Bill O’Reilly certainly would not be my starting point. More books have been written about Jesus than any other figure. More about Lincoln than any other American. I strongly suspect that if I read and ranked all of them, Bill’s offerings would be languishing near the bottom.Even those who read widely don’t have time to read everything. A little discernment goes a long way in deciding what to read… or not.

I only enjoyed him when Jon Stewart would fuss with him on The Daily Show. And when Colbert would play with him on The Colbert Report.

Could be the worst book ever published with everybody, even the author, saying no one should bother with it and Rat would still proclaim it one of the best books out their if it had kill or killing in the title.

He didn’t do it, he only wrote about it….sort of.

One should taste the “Stew” first, then decide if it is good or bad……….

How-to books?

A legendary story that so perfectly fits the character of the people involved that it is true whether it happened or not…..Clare Boothe Luce and Dorothy Parker approached a revolving door simultaneously. Luce stepped to the side and said, “Age before beauty.” Parker smiled at her, stepped through the door, and answered, “Pearls before swine.”

—And don’t forget Killing Reagan! But, to be fair, O’Reilly has also written numerous other books that aren’t about “Killing…” anyone. Read on, Rat!

It’s true that O’Liely has nothing to add about these historical figures other than that they all died to keep taxes low for their followers. What it is about is getting his worshipers to buy another book that will go on the shelf unread.

I’d buy this book: “Killing Bill O’Reilly” by Anybody.

@wingalls. Comment of the day, BRAVO!!!! And I agree.

O’Reilly’s next book is called “Killing Historical Accuracy in Order to Sell More Books to His Gullible Fans.”

You should give credit to his co-author, a history professor who did check the facts pretty carefully and probably put in most of the work on the book, leaving only the “style” for O’Reilly to fill in. The first commenter is off the mark: “Killing Patton” is historically accurate. That’s why it actually has only three or four pages about the alleged conspiracy to kill him. They say at that point, “We’re not conspiracy theorists”and since there’s very little evidence for a conspiracy it only takes three pages to give it all.

OMG the Bernie & Hillary supporters here!

not that i’ve bothered reading them, but a reviewer recently said the 1st few were ok, but not the most recent in series. he suggested"killing" the series at this point

Amazing, that nearly all the respondents here seemingly have not read his books or watch his show but are sure that they (the books) inaccurately portray history and are sure that he propagates lies. Please, back it up with facts.

All mentioned have been responsable for killing numerous Americans.

Has Rat ever read “To Kill a Mockingbird?”

I’m ashamed to admit that I’ve never read that book before.

But I’ve heard the title countless times.

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Killing Patton is a good read. I am not well qualified to comment on it’s historical accuracy, but I found nothing that seemed suspicious. If you’re looking for a conspiracy-theory book about Patton’s death (which was caused by an automobile accident that would have been nearly impossible to arrange), you’ll be disappointed; it lightly touches on the conspiracy theories, but that’s only a few pages in a massive book.

The biggest surprise in the book was the cover picture. It destroyed my image of Patton in the 1970 film. Patton actually looked nothing at all like George C. Scott, but quite a lot like Robert Mitchum, especially in the eyes. (The Wikipedia article on Mitchum says that he turned down the Patton role. Rod Steiger was offered the role first, so Scott was at least the third choice.)

FYI: The book profits are given to multiple charities. O’Reilly has said many times that he does not profit from the books.Haters gonna hate.

A gift for putting his name on books written by ghost writers.

There’s a co-writer on these tomes who almost certainly actually does all the writing. O’Reilly’s name is only on these so the sheep-like fans of his will buy them without thinking twice.

I read killing Patis at first…

To kill a mockingbird