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Our Culture, What's Left of It: The Mandarins and the Masses
Theodore Dalrymple
Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, 2007
The veneer of civilization
+ Great Stories Eloquently Told
+ Very Insightful
This book is a collection of 26 essays published by Dr Dalrymple since 1996. While the essays cover a range of different topics, the unifying theme is culture or, more broadly, civilization.
One of my favourite essays, `When Islam breaks down', was named by David Brooks of the New York ...
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Slouching Towards Gomorrah: Modern Liberalism and American Decline
Robert H. Bork
ReganBooks, 1997
Remains Immaculate.
+ The definitive statement of the conservative critique of liberalism
+ A must-read for anyone who cares about our nation's future
+ Not for Sissies!
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Men in Black: How the Supreme Court Is Destroying America
Mark Levin
Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2006
Thought provoking history and analysis of the Supreme Court.
+ Necessary reading
Mark Levin gives wonderful insight on the most important legal decisions and the men and women who wrote these decisions. He does a particularly good job in discussing Hugo Black and how his anti-Catholicism led to 'separation of church and state' entering constitutional law. He, also, gives an ...
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Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America
James Webb
Broadway, 2005
Understanding and appreciating my Scots-Irish family
+ A Bluegrass Review
+ I found my roots
+ A Time To Fight
+ GREAT READ , HOWEVER , PRINTING JOB WAS SLOPPY
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Guilt, Blame, and Politics
Allan Levite
Stanyan Press, 1998
Power FOR the people.
+ Disecting leftist Guilt Trips
+ Very good
+ Interesting theory, but he makes some errors
+ One of the top 3 books everyone should read
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The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future (Or, Don't ...
Mark Bauerlein
Tarcher, 2008
The end of America's intellectual legacy?
+ Here's Generation D's Failing Report Card
"The Dumbest Generation" by Mark Bauerlein is an unabashed and curmudgeonly critique of the poor intellectual habits of America's youth. A Professor of English at Emory University, Mr. Bauerlein takes aim at his many peers in the education establishment who have far too often pandered to students ...
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A Deficit Of Decency
Zell Miller
Stroud & Hall Publishers, 2005
Historian and conservative black sheep Democrat hits the nail on the head
+ Conservative perceptions from a democrat.
+ EXCELLENT : A MUST READ FOR ANY SERIOUS STUDENT OF CURRENT DAY AMERICAN POLITICS
+ Deficit of Decency Zell Miller
+ A Revelation Of The Heart Of The Author
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White Guilt: How Blacks and Whites Together Destroyed the Promise of the Civil Rights Era (P.S.)
Shelby Steele
Harper Perennial, 2007
Required Reading
+ Perceptive as ever ...
Shelby Steele's "White Guilt: How Blacks and Whites Together Destroyed the Promise of the Civil Rights Era" is required reading for all adult Americans, and, indeed, anyone, worldwide, sucked into the failures of skewed approaches to diversity.
Steele writes beautifully; the ride he provides is ...
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Freedomnomics: Why the Free Market Works and Other Half-Baked Theories Don't
John R. Lott Jr.
Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2007
Informative
+ Very Well Done
+ Freedomnomics
+ Great Read
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From Rage to Responsibility: Black Conservative Jesse Lee Peterson and America Today
Jesse Lee Peterson
Continuum International Publishing Group, 2000
Can't stand Jesse Jackson? You'll love Jesse Peterson!
+ A Very Great Man
+ You asked for it, well here it is
Jesse Peterson is exactly what all Americans need to get past racial tensions created by Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton.... Take care of your children, demand a quality education from the teacher's union, clean up your house and call the cops if someone is doing bad things beyond your control. ...
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The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements (Perennial Classics)
Eric Hoffer
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2002
I'm a believer
+ A Warning To All Who Listen
+ Small Book with a Huge Amount of Content
+ The True Believer
+ Insightful consideration of mass-movements.
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Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News
Bernard Goldberg
Harper Paperbacks, 2003
Goldberg is a Whistleblower On the Left-Wing Media
+ Bias - a must read for politically engaged American citizens!
Emmy Award winner Bernard Goldberg has thirty years of experience as an acclaimed reporter at CBS. But he turned that keen intellect and discerning investigative eye inward - seeing that the media avoided objective reporting on stories that didn't fit their left-wing agenda. Goldberg supplies ...
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Witness
Whittaker Chambers
Regnery Publishing, 1987
Haunting
+ Witness to what
+ The Best Autobiography I've Ever Read
+ Most influential book, I have ever read
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How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must): The World According to Ann Coulter
Ann Coulter
Crown Forum, 2004
I actually read the book
+ I like ann coulter
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R224FEPDV6YT2Z Coulter's right, liberals really do lie. The first lie liberals tell is that they are not really liberal, but that hardly stands up to much scrutiny, because a true liberal will throw a tantrum once their "facts" are revealed to be ...
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The New Thought Police: Inside the Left's Assault on Free Speech and Free Minds
Tammy Bruce, Laura C. Schlessinger
Three Rivers Press, 2003
THE EROSION OF INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY
+ The truth about Ms. Bruce
+ Changes your world view
Tammy Bruce writes with an authenticity that comes from her work within the gay-feminist-liberal community. Her opinions forged from direct experience cannot be easily dismissed. She points out a clear distinction between the classical liberal and the liberal of today. The negative reviews you ...
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