His great work is the modern day equivalent of the political cartoonists of the 19th century. Like them, he takes an idea and lampoons it, exaggerates it, blows it up out of all proportion until it is so preposterous, so ludicrous, that it is obvious that only people with clearly unhinged minds would agree with it. From his many books, come such wonderful pieces of sarcastic wit as . . . The poorest people in America are better off than the mainstream families of Europe. There are more American Indians alive today than there were when Columbus arrived.
Banks take risks in issuing student loans and they are entitled to the profits.
But he doesn't stop there. Acting like a crazy bigoted right winger with insane views on the world is all fine and good, but he lets us know that there are people out there who really do think this way, who agree with everything he says. And by doing so, he has turned their standard-bearers into objects of derision. His masterstroke is to let these people call up his radio show, to let them go live on air, just to say that they agree with him. He throws out the bait and these people swallow it whole.