paper trail Thomas Pynchon's cameo . . . ? January 22, 2015 Thomas Pynchon, 1953 Genius collaborated with PolitiFact to |http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2015/jan/20/barack-obamas-2015-state-union-address-annotated/#|annotate Tuesday’s State of the Union| address, rating Obama's statements for their factuality.