Hugo Chavez, Bookseller

Another effect of the controversial Hugo Chavez UN speech is a big rise in Amazon rankings for Noam Chomsky (the paperback of his Hegemony or Survival is number one right now--and simultaneously the hardcover of the same book is number nine), whom Chavez chidingly recommended Americans read instead of "watching Superman movies." If he means the disappointing Superman Returns, I can only concur with the new number one foe of my nation; if he means the Reeve versions, I will give him III and IV: The Quest for Peace.