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Conservatives who Shock, Awe and Refute Liberalism
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Guilt, Blame, and PoliticsGuilt, Blame, and Politics by Allan Levite
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What can I add? A seminal book which is the starting point for the next level of sociological and political research into liberal guilt and unhappiness with the world.
The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements (Perennial Classic.)The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements (Perennial Classic.) by Eric Hoffer
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Longshoreman-Intellectual Eric Hoffer was literally blind until about age 15 when his vision came back. He then went on to read, do physical labor, and think about the world in concise tracts such as this classic.
Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of MeaningLiberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning by Jonah Goldberg
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Jonah Goldberg details that fascism is actually a nationalistic form of socialism, as defined by Mussolini - and later Hitler. Many eye opening examples.
Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the NewsBias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News by Bernard Goldberg
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This was written by an old fashioned liberal whose father was a garment worker and is still connected to common sense and regular working people. Even he couldn't stomach the fellow CBS newsman Dan Rather.
Behind the Times: Inside the New New York TimesBehind the Times: Inside the New New York Times by Edwin Diamond
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Written by a journalism professor who had access to the people at the New York Times in the 1990s. He details how the Times revealed the name of the woman allegedly raped by William Kennedy Smith - and her and her mother's dating life, causing a backlash on the paper's staff that gets aired in this book, along with other behind the scenes facts.
Black Rednecks and White LiberalsBlack Rednecks and White Liberals by Thomas Sowell
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One of Thomas Sowell's best works. Here he explains the cultural origins of the people of the South - both black and white.
Because They Hate: A Survivor of Islamic Terror Warns AmericaBecause They Hate: A Survivor of Islamic Terror Warns America by Brigitte Gabriel
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Hear about what it was like to live under siege by islamists every day growing up in Lebanon, by someone who was there.
Our Culture, What's Left of It: The Mandarins and the MassesOur Culture, What's Left of It: The Mandarins and the Masses by Theodore Dalrymple
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Read what multiculturalism and indoctrinated shame have done in Great Britain. The writing style is superb, as well.
White Guilt: How Blacks and Whites Together Destroyed the Promise of the Civil Rights Era (P.S.)White Guilt: How Blacks and Whites Together Destroyed the Promise of the Civil Rights Era (P.S.) by Shelby Steele
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This is a superb book where Mr. Steele, a black man, traces the changes in American attitudes since the days he personally lived under segregation until today. He seperates legitimate concerns from a guilt and quotas industry constructed in academia and exported to our legislatures.
How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must): The World According to Ann CoulterHow to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must): The World According to Ann Coulter by Ann Coulter
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Virtually any book by Ann Coulter will be an eye opener. Although she is noted more for her tart tongue, this and her other books (such as "Slander: Lliberal Lies About the American Right) have much factual research in them, making them much more than opinion pieces.
A Deficit Of DecencyA Deficit Of Decency by Zell Miller
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Zell Miller, an oldtime, patriotic Democrat who could not stomach the changes in his party, lists the values deficit that caused him to make a featured speech at the 2004 Republican National Convention.
Do As I Say (Not As I Do): Profiles in Liberal HypocrisyDo As I Say (Not As I Do): Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy by Peter Schweizer
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The back cover of this book shows Michael Moore's foundation's ownership of Halliburton stock. This book is a chronicle of liberal icons not living by their own words, having one standard for themselves and another for the rest of us.
WitnessWitness by Whittaker Chambers
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Whittaker Chambers writes magnificently about his disillionment with communism and the 1930s and 1940s. This is the refutation of Alger Hiss, the investigation that was the basis of Richard Nixon's rise from California Congressman to Vice President.
The New Thought Police: Inside the Left's Assault on Free Speech and Free MindsThe New Thought Police: Inside the Left's Assault on Free Speech and Free Minds by Tammy Bruce
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Tammy's experiences as a Los Angeles NOW Chapter President lead to her disillusionment with the disparity between liberal thought and practices. It isn't every day you get a NOW chapter president and lesbian to turn against liberal politics. Read why in this and her other book "The Death of Right and Wrong."
The Myth of Male PowerThe Myth of Male Power by Warren Farrell
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Author Warren Farrell was a big supporter of NOW decades ago. Read as he refutes the male bashing arguments and explains the his - and others' - experience in a world where men are not as powerful as they seem to angry feminists.
Freedomnomics: Why the Free Market Works and Other Half-Baked Theories Don'tFreedomnomics: Why the Free Market Works and Other Half-Baked Theories Don't by John R. Lott Jr.
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A refutation of a similarly named liberal economics book.
Party of DefeatParty of Defeat by Ben Johnson
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One of Horowitz's disections of the liberal mindset - by a man raised in a communist home.
What's So Great About ChristianityWhat's So Great About Christianity by Dinesh D'Souza
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A refutation of the anti-God books that are being published now.
From Rage to Responsibility: Black Conservative Jesse Lee Peterson and America TodayFrom Rage to Responsibility: Black Conservative Jesse Lee Peterson and America Today by Jesse Lee Peterson
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An intellectual discussion of a black author's turning his life around by accepting his own responsibility to run his life rather than buying into leftist ragefull arguments, such as Rev. Wright has "preached."
The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates (Signet Classics)The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates (Signet Classics) by Ralph Ketcham
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It is unusual to see this book written by some of the Founding Fathers, but their arguments against a too strong Federal government have become prophetic. This is one book most of you were never told about in school. If you were told about it, read it again in light of today's events.
Slouching Towards Gomorrah: Modern Liberalism and American DeclineSlouching Towards Gomorrah: Modern Liberalism and American Decline by Robert H. Bork
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One of Judge Bork's fine classics.
Men in Black: How the Supreme Court Is Destroying AmericaMen in Black: How the Supreme Court Is Destroying America by Mark Levin
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A fine discussion of the assault on our legal system by utopian leftists seeking a "perfect" world - under their total control.
Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped AmericaBorn Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America by James Webb
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Written by former Undersecretary of the Navy and former Republican, this history of the Scots-Irish will tell you much of the people who were willing to take on the English Crown in the American Revolution - and become leaders ever since.
Bankrupt: The Intellectual and Moral Bankruptcy of Today's Democratic PartyBankrupt: The Intellectual and Moral Bankruptcy of Today's Democratic Party by David Limbaugh
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Attorney David Limbaugh (Rush's brother) details the vapidity of many liberal positions in recent years.
AMERICA'S REAL WARAMERICA'S REAL WAR by Rabbi Daniel Lapin
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An Orthodox rabbi - and first generation immigrant - argues that America's Judeo-Christian values are vital for its' survival. He isn't afraid to say that this was founded as a Christian nation and that he has more in common with Christian believers than he does with secular people of any background.
From Darwin to Hitler: Evolutionary Ethics, Eugenics, and Racism in GermanyFrom Darwin to Hitler: Evolutionary Ethics, Eugenics, and Racism in Germany by Richard Weikart
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This book shows the natural, logical progression from a value free "objective" view of nature to the killing off of the old, infirm and other undesirables (often politically undesirables like Kulaks, Jews, 10 million Chinese that Imperial Japan killed in World War II, etc.)
The Ominous Parallels: A Brilliant Study of America Today - and the 'ominous parallels' with the chaos of pre-Hitler GermanyThe Ominous Parallels: A Brilliant Study of America Today - and the 'ominous parallels' with the chaos of pre-Hitler Germany by Leonard Peikoff
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A profound book on the groupthing that entered American intellectual thought in the 19th Century, arguing against our American individualistic traditions and trying to paint them as bad or evil. Written in the 1980s, it reads like some work written in 2008.
The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future (Or, Don't Trust Anyone Under 30)The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future (Or, Don't Trust Anyone Under 30) by Mark Bauerlein
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Finally someone has said it about how we are raising our youngsters in the digital age. Perhaps a select few have "too much homework," but the author states that studies show most high schoolers hardly do any. This book well documents what many of us know and, for other readers, will be a real eye opener.
Right Turns: From Liberal Activist to Conservative Champion in 35 Unconventional LessonsRight Turns: From Liberal Activist to Conservative Champion in 35 Unconventional Lessons by Michael Medved
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The odyssey of how a cultural liberal, taught to fear Middle America, left home and saw that people in "flyover country" didn't have horns on their heads and in fact, were a lot more decent than his self-righteous liberal friends. I good personal memoir.
Legalizing Misandry: From Public Shame to Systemic Discrimination Against MenLegalizing Misandry: From Public Shame to Systemic Discrimination Against Men by Paul Nathanson
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Dispell the myths of men's privilege as they supposedly exist in schools, courts and popular culture. Men are getting a raw deal and the entire society, women included, are the worst for it.
The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of DemocracyThe Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy by Christopher Lasch
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Lasch's last book. An intellectual's look at the decline of the "elites" in our communities and nation, wanting to turn America into a place where involvement is "opional," i.e., avoidable.