From Chris Buckley, the author of the acclaimed Thank You for Smoking, comes the sarcastic yet enlightening book Boomsday. But rather than cover the genius minds of swanky PR executives charged with selling nicotine, this time Buckley focuses on the looming fiscal Armageddon -- the Social Security bust when 77 million baby boomers start to retire.

Gasp! Is he actually writing about the importance of Social Security in way that could potentially be marketed to the masses and taken seriously?!?! That was my first reaction.

My second: Order Boomsday. A sucker for satire and pop cultural spin, I look forward to reading about the Social Security crisis through the eyes of a young blogger who has experienced firsthand the pluses and perils of Washington politics and the ever-growing generational gap. I just hope readers can look past his snide delivery and understand that yes, for our country, this is so much more than just a fiscal nightmare.

Read USA Today's review of the book here.



On a totally unrelated note, if Doomsday were to be made into a movie, (an instance before which Hollywood would freeze over, I am sure) who would be the fourth horseman of the apocalypse? Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) was for Personal Accounts before he was against them; I am sure he would put up a stellar performance worthy of an Academy Award.