What's the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America377 reviews Thomas Frank Holt Paperbacks, 2005 Another native supporter + Spot on Analysis + Middle America Revealed I just want to say that this book is completely on target and right about the political mindset of Kansas citizens in addition to almost every other right-winged American. I should know -- I used to live in Kansas. Luckily, I spent most of my life growing up in NY because after realizing many of ...             Voltaire's Bastards: The Dictatorship of Reason in the West56 reviews John Ralston Saul Vintage, 1993 AN INTELLECTUAL TOUR DE FORCE + Irrational Rationalism + Juicy + Not quite as dense as some might insist...             Big Lies: The Right-Wing Propaganda Machine and How It Distorts the Truth156 reviews Joe Conason St. Martin's Griffin, 2004 Buy it! + Nice, tight read + Politics for thinkers + The best counter-argument to the right's lies and myths + Seems Credible             Anti-Intellectualism in American Life27 reviews Richard Hofstadter Vintage, 1966 The Contemplative Life + Old Friend + Beam me up Scotty + anti-intellectualism in american life + Timeless             All That Is Solid Melts into Air: The Experience of Modernity8 reviews Marshall Berman Penguin (Non-Classics), 1988 One of the best I've read + Classic, enjoyable read on modernity + Astonished + Well Written             Death's Dream Kingdom: The American Psyche Since 9-112 reviews Walter Davis Pluto Press, 2006 Couch Time for America... + Definitely worth a read! Disturbing. Provocative. Perceptive. This is one of those books that - out of all proportion to its size - is packed with unsettling insights into and theories about our uniquely American character. Though, perhaps, it could be equally applied to many different Western nations through modern ...             The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic (The American Empire Project)101 reviews Chalmers Johnson Holt Paperbacks, 2005 Breaks through the deliberate obfuscation of our government and media. + Frightening + Informative about global surveillance network + American imperialism/militarism + Important books for Americans             Ain't Nobody's Business if You Do: The Absurdity of Consensual Crimes in a Free Society93 reviews Peter McWilliams Mary Books, 1996 If you read one book on the subject... + Wow! + Great book! + Devastating indictment of the state's assault on personal freedom             The Battle of Algiers - Criterion Collection117 reviews Brahim Hadjadj, Jean Martin Criterion, 2004 An Uncommonly Powerful Film + perhaps the most important film today + Choke on truth, war on display + SO ..SO ..RELEVANT TODAY             God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything805 reviews Christopher Hitchens Twelve Books, Hachette Book Group, 2007 essential DISCLAIMER + logical, but superficial to some extent Staffers for an organization called Campus Crusade for Christ are responsible for allegations that I (Lucifer) and Christopher Hitchens are in cahoots; and that no one -- not even a born-again evangelical Christian -- can read either Hitchens' GOD IS NOT GREAT or Lucifer's TRUE HISTORY OF ...             Existentialism from Dostoevsky to Sartre (Meridian)24 reviews Plume, 1975 The Best Introduction to Existentialism + A buffet of existentialism + i disagree with the previous review. This anthology of Existentialist texts is the best introduction to Existentialism currently available in English. Walter Kaufmann (best known to philosophy readers as the twentieth century's most important translator of Nietzsche) presents a selection of key texts from Kierkegaard, Dostoyevski, ...             Postwar: A History of Europe Since 194563 reviews Tony Judt Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006 A Book around Which to Build a History Course + One of the best books I ever read + A masterpeace on European history + Nothing short of brilliant             The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East127 reviews Robert Fisk Vintage, 2007 well worth the weight + Must Read stuff + Easily one of the best books I've ever read + Long read + Brilliant but lengthy treatise on how the Middle East "situation" came to be             The God Delusion1283 reviews Richard Dawkins Houghton Mifflin, 2006 An Atheist Handbook + A Waving Banner of Human Thought + Not for a light reading + Must read!             Culture and Imperialism22 reviews Edward W. Said Vintage, 1994 Inflame's, Enlighten's and is Highly Controversial + Promote Mutual Understanding Through Text + A fine reference Prof Terry Tucker, Senior Doctrine Developer Saudi Arabian NG Modernization Program; This book is heavy, scholarly and controversial. The author explores culture, nationalism and imperialism through the prism of literature. You will need to be very open minded when you read this and in some cases ...             Sicko (Special Edition)307 reviews Michael Moore, Tony Benn Weinstein Company, 2007 Excellent + A Massive Indictment of Our Criminal Health-Care System + Buy "Sicko" and send it to all your friends and relatives + WOW !! Have we been screwed             Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media85 reviews Edward S. Herman, Noam Chomsky Pantheon, 2002 Your life could depend on reading this book. + Eye Opener + Eye Opening + One of Chomsky's best (and still applicable today) + Chomsky's pinnacle             Dark Ages America: The Final Phase of Empire80 reviews Morris Berman W. W. Norton, 2006 Dark Ages America: The Final Phase of Empire + MUST READ during US Financial night mare + Too Much Reality + The Last Chapter + One of the Very Best!!!!             American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War On America169 reviews Chris Hedges Free Press, 2007 American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on Democracy + EXCELLENT WORK BUT COULD HAVE BEEN SO MUCH BETTER + Dangerous Elmer Gantrys of the Electronic Age + Fantastic Book! + Well worth the read---but with an open mind..             Fahrenheit 9/111985 reviews Michael Moore, George W. Bush Weinstein Company, 2007 opens your eyes + Moore awareness + Moore exaggerates his claims about the militrary and George W. Bush, but a good documentary none the less + Documentary of the failed Bush administration