A collection by a Weekly Standard senior writer features lighthearted essays on cities that have been devastated by natural or economic disasters, in a volume that also features critical profiles on infamous pop culture figures including Al Sharpton, Michael Moore, and Donald Trump. A debut collection by a Weekly Standard senior writer features lighthearted essays on cities that have been devastated by natural or economic disasters, in a volume that also features critical profiles on infamous pop culture figures including Al Sharpton, Michael Moore and Donald Trump. In this debut collection, beloved journalist Matt Labash chronicles the outsized and outrageous characters who populate Americas murky periphery.