Politics in the general sense of politics of power and social activism (not all politics need to involve governments). I didn't read the NYT article but I've probably read enough snippets online to get the gist of it. I guess I'm more skeptical of dramatic stage readings (which this was) more than the average guy on teh street. Also I have no doubts (probably can't prove) that Sedaris makes up stuff that never actually happened for the sake of drama and comedy. Non-fiction just isn't that funny (here is one link I found related to the topic http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/press_box/20...)