The Case Against Barack Obama: The Unlikely Rise and Unexamined Agenda of the Media's Favorite Candidate204 reviews David Freddoso Regnery Publishing, 2008 Compelling Case From A Conservative Perspective + Great Read + Eye-opener This book is a hard-hitting, fact-packed, critical study of Barack Obama, the man and the politician. The book is packed with careful analysis and many logical questions. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn more about the votes, actions, and political experiences of our new ...             Intellectual Morons: How Ideology Makes Smart People Fall for Stupid Ideas58 reviews Daniel J. Flynn Three Rivers Press, 2005 Machinations of the Godless + Helpful for my project of re-educating myself. + True intellectuals will love this! + The Debasement of the Intellect             Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950-1980, 10th Anniversary Edition20 reviews Charles Murray Basic Books, 1994 Fabulous analysis combined with lousy policy ideas + This book is not about race... This is two books in one. First, it is perhaps the best book ever written on why the War on Poverty in America failed. Second, it is a tedious libertarian screed on policy. The defects in the second book blind too many people to the excellence of the first book. The first part of the book is ...             Right from the Beginning25 reviews Patrick J. Buchanan Regnery Publishing, Inc., 1988 Admirably honest about himself, but with no insight! + A Great Autobiography + One of a kind + Pat's best yet. Before he became enamored with stupid 'judeo-Christain' gibberish             Ethnic America: A History17 reviews Thomas Sowell Basic Books, 1981 Fascinating reading from a brilliant author! + Good, but dated + Out of date but still excellent As a genealogist interested in immigration and migration patterns, I've previously read "Albion's Seed." I found "Ethnic America" to be even more interesting. This well-researched and well-documented book should be required reading in America's high schools.             Indoctrination U:The Left's War Against Academic Freedom24 reviews David Horowitz Encounter Books, 2007 Indoctrination Instead of Education + It's Obvious David Horowitz' "Indoctrination U" is not so much a litany of documented instances of academic abuse in the college ranks as it is an apology for his Academic Bill of Rights. Although he gives some examples of how activist professors abuse their charges with unwarranted political ideology, the book ...             The Road to Serfdom183 reviews F. A. Hayek University Of Chicago Press, 1994 Brilliant prima facie case against socialism + Too bad we aren't taking this advice + Please America take down your safety net...it is why we are great + Required Reading for Steadfast Leftists             A Conservative History of the American Left6 reviews Daniel J. Flynn Crown Forum, 2008 Amazing information presented with scrupulous fairness + A must read for anyone interested in history + Not really a "conservative" book; much more than just a polemic + A Very Interesting History + Don't Judge it by its Title             The Professors: The 101 Most Dangerous Academics in America206 reviews David Horowitz Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2006 Students Deserve the truth, Not Leftist Lies + Troubling; A much needed work on troublesome people + Eye opening + Les + excellent reference             The Content of Our Character: A New Vision of Race In America26 reviews Shelby Steele Harper Perennial, 1991 Emerging and intelligent race relations + Should be required reading on race in America + Good but a touch repetitive + Crystal-clear insight ... + The Truth unmasked             Political Pilgrims: Western Intellectuals in Search of the Good Society8 reviews Transaction Publishers, 1997 Take me by the hand and let's go strolling in wonderland + Reality versus Romaticism + Wrong side of history as usually for the intellectuals + As pertinent today as it was 25 years ago... + Peace, peace, when there is no peace.             The Tempting of America: The Political Seduction of the Law6 reviews Robert H. Bork Touchstone Books, 1991 If You Read Only One Book This Year . . . a Must-Read for Law Students and those who care about the law + Read this book to understand the Supreme Court + Slouching Towards Gomorrah + Brilliant book shows why the far Left feared Bork so + Required reading for every American voter.             What I Saw at the Revolution: A Political Life in the Reagan Era36 reviews Peggy Noonan Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2003 What a writer! VERY good read. + Best of the Best + She's a goddess! + The girl behind Reagans' words + Insight from a truly unique perspective             Male and Female1 review Margaret Mead Harper Perennial, 2001 M. Mead Everyons should read M. Mead's research. Her research explains many issues that remain current topics of contention.             The End of Racism: Principles for a Multiracial Society96 reviews Dinesh D'Souza Free Press, 1995 Best Book I've Ever Read on the Subject of Racism + Brave Genius Excellent book from an author with a unique perspective (D'Souza is Indian, not black or white.) There are some hard to face truths here for every ethnic group and some solid ideas for ending racism is America. "The End of Racism" is a well balanced but hard-hitting examination of the politics ...             Natural Right and History (Walgreen Foundation Lectures)16 reviews Leo Strauss University Of Chicago Press, 1999 Societies good vs. individual rights + An actual attempt to tell you what the book is about. Leo Strauss was a 20th century philosopher who spent his life studying and espousing the teachings of classical philosophical ideas. "Natural Right and History" delineates the fight between those who believe in the predominance of societal rights over individual rights. Here are a few quotes that ...             The Constitution of Liberty23 reviews F. A. Hayek University Of Chicago Press, 1978 Utilitarian Constitution + Foundation for Margaret Thatcher's policies + The greatest political philosophy book of the 20th century + Individual Freedom             White Guilt: How Blacks and Whites Together Destroyed the Promise of the Civil Rights Era (P.S.)62 reviews Shelby Steele Harper Perennial, 2007 The best book there is for understanding America's racial problems + Great Book! Explains clearly, through the experience and scholarship of a black who came of age in the 1960s and had a ringside seat for the civil rights era, how we all went wrong. Since its purpose is not equal rights but "dissociation" of whites from accusations of racism, affirmative action is itself ...             Human Action: A Treatise on Economics36 reviews Ludwig von Mises Liberty Fund Inc., 2007 Masterful - permit me to add a bit of humble insight however... + The best economic treatise ever written + human action + An unknown gem + The magnum opus of Austrian economics             Why the Left Hates America: Exposing the Lies That Have Obscured Our Nation's Greatness73 reviews Daniel J. Flynn Three Rivers Press, 2004 Hate Is Indeed The Right Word + Read It Then decide, Wish it had a better title... + Every ideology needs a devil.To the Left,the devil is the United States of America + Why the Left doesn't want you to read this book!