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Piven, Joshua. Bad Vs. Worse: The Ultimate Guide to Making Lose-Lose Decisions. Perigee: Putnam. Oct. 2007. c.240p. ISBN 978-0-399-53366-2. pap. $12.95. PSYCH
From the author who brought us the best-selling The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook and its several spin-offs comes this goof of a psychology book. Piven pits two equally bad options, people, situations, or activities against each other--e.g., "Who would you rather have catering your party, neanderthals or ninjas?" and "Which would be worse, ten hours in Baghdad or Baltimore?"--and readers must decide which option would be worse. After each scenario is …