(Edited from the book jacket cover)

     Reflections is a collection of thought-provoking philosophical observations on a variety of serious topics.  But anyone who knows such works as his two-volume study of Scriptures--Steve Allen on the Bible, Religion, and Morality--or his incisive critique of America's declining intellectual standards--"Dumbth": And 81 Ways to Make Americans Smarter--will realize that Allen's serious side is at least as creative and interesting as his flights of comedic fancy.
     Steve Allen is a largely self-taught intellectual.   Perhaps this is the reason that he is able to write in a casual but clear, nonacademic style, which makes even his weightiest ideas accessible to the average reader.   And as befits a professional humorist, Allen displays his wit from time to time in these pages.  But by and large, this comments on assorted philosophical, political, and social questions are not only serious but challenging.  Not matter what issue he addresses -- aging, happiness, heroes, justice, love, psychology, religion, sex, or TV -- the popular humorist and philosopher in one always finds something fresh and insightful to say.