Our Country, Our Culture: The Politics of Political Correctness1 review Partisan Review Press, 1995 32 intelligent, instructive points of view This book contains 32 short articles written by college professors and others on the very important subject of Political Correction. I found the articles and the facts and opinions expressed to be very readable and instructive. The subject is broader and more serious than I had previously ...             Women Who Perpetrate Relationship Violence: Moving Beyond Political Correctness Fred Buttell, Michelle Mohr Carney Routledge, 2006 Find out what drives women to violence in their intimate relationships—and how to prevent it Women Who Perpetrate Relationship Violence examines the causes and consequences of violence initiated by women against their partners. This unique book fills the void of available literature on domestically violent women, taking a frank look at the issues surrounding female batterers who are the ...             Preserving Intellectual Freedom: Fighting Censorship in Our Schools1 review National Council of Teachers of English, 1994 Emphasizing the crucial importance of intellectual freedom Compiled and edited by Jean E. Brown (Professor of Teacher Education at Saginaw Valley State University), Preserving Intellectual Freedom: Fighting Censorship In Our Schools is a selection of engaging essays by a variety of learned authors on the hotly disputed topic of how much freedom of speech ...             The Kinder, Gentler Military: How Political Correctness Affects Our Ability to Win Wars52 reviews Stephanie Gutmann Encounter Books, 2001 Finally, the truth emerges + FOUR STARS + from a soldier + I was there, and she is right             The Future of Academic Freedom University Of Chicago Press, 1998 The issue of academic freedom and its centrality to the debates raging on campuses today is the focus of these essays by a weighty assemblage of academics. Ronald Dworkin, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Louis Menand, and Edward W. Said and others grapple with the issues of campus speech codes, the limits of academic freedom, and the ethics of academics. The various authors can be commended for bringing ...             Freedom from Want: American Liberalism and the Idea of the Consumer (New Studies in American Intellectual and ... Kathleen G. Donohue The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003 In 1941, Franklin Delano Roosevelt identified "four essential human freedoms." Three of these -- freedom from fear, freedom of speech, and freedom of religion -- had long been understood as defining principles of liberalism. Roosevelt's fourth freedom -- freedom from want -- was not. Indeed, classic liberals had argued that the only way to guarantee this freedom would be through an illiberal ...             When Tolerance Is No Virtue: Political Correctness, Multiculturalism & the Future of Truth & Justice1 review S. D. Gaede InterVarsity Press, 1994 Great for a good debate Grede looks at the mistakes history has made in being culturally and politically insensitive and warns us of making too many assumptions of what is a right or wrong in the areas of multiculturalism and Political Correctness. He also debates what motivates our decisions in this area. The goal : To ...             The First Amendment: Freedom of Speech, Religion, and the Press (Constitution (Springfield, Union County, ... Leah Farish Enslow Publishers, 1998             Extreme Islam: Anti-American Propaganda of Muslim Fundamentalism16 reviews Mattias Gardell Feral House, 2002 The Real Muslim World + Interesting but what's the real motivation here? + It's a better idea to be objective and not in a "haze." Real tales and anecdotes of real Muslims. If you still believe Islam is a religion of peace, read this. Islamic Fundamentalism is the wave of the future in Europe and the US.             Freedom for the Thought That We Hate: A Biography of the First Amendment11 reviews Anthony Lewis Basic Books, 2008 Great perspective: Understanding how tenuous the right can be makes us more likely to protect it + Freedom? You Want Some of This.. + Let Every American Read This + The "Right" that we all take for granted! + the Golden Thread: the First Amendment             Propaganda and Democracy: The American Experience of Media and Mass Persuasion (Cambridge Studies in the ... J. Michael Sproule Cambridge University Press, 2005 This is the first comprehensive study on the relationship of propaganda to participatory democracy in the United States during the twentieth century. The Muckrackers were the first critics to question whether the standard practices of communications industries, such as advertising and public relations, undermined the ability of citizens to gather enough reliable information in order to ...             The Price of Freedom: Speeches and Addresses Calvin Coolidge Fredonia Books (NL), 2001             The New Inquisition: Understanding and Managing Intellectual Freedom Challenges James LaRue Libraries Unlimited, 2007 How can you become an effective advocate for intellectual freedom and patron privacy while maintaining a positive relationship with diverse elements of your community? Drawing on his experience as library director, this author advocates assuming a proactive role in every library function, from collection building to community outreach. This approach helps you understand the people who challenge ...             Beyond Political Correctness: Are There Limits to This Lunacy?1 review David Thibodaux Huntington House Publishers, 1994 Analytical View This is the author's second book on the phenomenon of political correctness. He says he felt compelled to pursue the issue as he had become concerned that education had turned into a form of indoctrination. As a result, his writings are designed to expose some of the fallacies he's encountered. ...             The Myth of Political Correctness: The Conservative Attack on Higher Education7 reviews John K. Wilson Duke University Press, 1995 fact-filled refutation of a pack of lies + Challenge to the popular myth of absolute Not so many years ago, very few people had ever heard the phrase "politically correct," let alone any horror stories about politically correct leftist college professors and students trashing the canon and burning labryses on the lawns of white, unapologetically heterosexual and capitalist men who ...             Debating P.C.: The Controversy over Political Correctness on College Campuses Paul Berman Delta, 1995             Until Proven Innocent: Political Correctness and the Shameful Injustices of the Duke Lacrosse Rape Case74 reviews Stuart Taylor, KC Johnson Thomas Dunne Books, 2007 The devastating results of totalitarian 'liberalism' + This is a MUST read book ! + Pulitzer Prize; National Book Award + A Parable for Our Times             The Intellectual Devotional: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Roam Confidently with the ...129 reviews David S. Kidder, Noah D. Oppenheim Rodale Books, 2006 Interesting Book + Each Day A New Topic Weekly. I enjoy this book very much. Yes, there are some factual errors, but I haven't read a non-fiction book yet that hasn't had errors. I think that despite some of the typographical errors, and some facts that are a bit questionable, I'm better of reading it and having exposure to a vast array of ...             Political Correctness: A Response from the Cultural Left6 reviews Richard Feldstein University of Minnesota Press, 1997 A wonderful attack on free speech! + Often interesting + AN interesting attempt, but very limited This book was truly great. As a judge in the New Orwell Awards, I am personally going to recommend this book for the category "Orwellian Defence of Repression in Academia: Postmodern Styling". This book is a rare find in Doublespeak. Using the ideas of freedom to attack freedom, using the ...             Free Speech, "The People's Darling Privilege": Struggles for Freedom of Expression in American History ...1 review Michael Kent Curtis Duke University Press, 2000 Learning From History, Protecting Our Free Speech Heritage "The People's Darling Privilege" examines struggles for free speech in American history. Professor Curtis persuasively argues that the struggles were political, not judicial: early American controversies over free speech -- the 1798 Sedition Act, the battle over slavery, and antiwar speech during ...