Bookviews - October 2014
My Picks of the MonthThe Obama administration’s foreign relations policies have significantly weakened America and The Russia-China Axis: The New Cold War and America’s Crisis of Leadership ($27.99,...
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By Alan CarubaMy Picks of the MonthIf you have been having problems figuring out what is going on in Syria, then I recommend you read Inside Syria: The Backstory of Their Civil War and What the World...
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By Alan CarubaMerry Christmas and Happy New Year!My Picks of the MonthNot long ago I read a book that predicted the decline of America as a world power. The author, a historian, made his case, but I...
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By Alan CarubaHappy New Year!My Picks of the MonthThe Rand Corporation is a think tank created after World War II that describes itself as a “research organization that develops solutions to public...
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By Alan CarubaMy Picks of the MonthWhile we read and hear about the latest barbaric assault on humanity perpetrated by Islamic fanatics, the search for answers as to why they are doing this continues....
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By Alan CarubaMy Picks of the MonthA remarkable book about the roots of environmentalism, Nazi Oaks: The Green Sacrifice of the Judeo-Christian Worldview in the Holocaust, ($26.35, Advantage...
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By Alan CarubaMy Picks of the MonthDoes it seem like all we hear about these days is how fat Americans are? Most surely that accounts for the dozens of diet books I receive. Imagine then how pleased I...
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By Alan CarubaMy Picks of the MonthIt’s still early in the year, but by far one of the best books to have been published in 2015 is Senator Mike Lee’s Our Lost Constitution: The Willful Subversion of...
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By Alan CarubaMy Picks of the MonthA book I would recommend as “must reading” is Samuel Blumenfeld’s and Alex Newman’s Crimes of the Educators: How Utopians Are Using Government Schools to Destroy...
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By Alan CarubaMy Picks of the MonthIt is said that you cannot understand the present unless you understand history and Charles Emmerson has made an excellent contribution to history with his new book,...
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By Alan CarubaMy Picks of the MonthI was a mere lad of twenty-two when Fidel Castro successfully overthrew the Cuban dictator, Flugencia Batista, and took control of that island nation. What followed...
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By Alan CarubaMy Picks of the MonthDavid Horowitz, founder of FrontPageMag.com and the child of two members of the Communist Party, longtime progressive, had an epiphany when a friend of his was killed...
View ArticleBookviews - September 2013
By Alan CarubaMy Picks of the Month The one book you must read this month is Erick Stakelbeck’s The Breakthrough: America’s Next Great Enemy ($27.95, Regnery Publishing Co.) because it will tell you...
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By Alan CarubaMy Picks of the MonthFor policy wonks like myself, a number of new books will provide a variety of insights. In 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court became the center of the political world...
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By Alan CarubaMy Picks of the MonthMove over Nostradamus, James C. Bennett and Michael J. Lotus have looked into their crystal balls and jointly come up with America 3.0: Rebooting American Prosperity...
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By Alan CarubaMy Picks of the MonthOne book you must read if you are feeling unhappy with the nation’s present and future is Josef Joffe’s The Myth of America’s Decline: Politics, Economics, and a Half...
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By Alan CarubaMy Picks of the MonthThe one book you must read as the new year begins is Murray Holland’s A Nation in the Red: The Government Debt Crisis and What We Can Do About it ($28.00, McGraw...
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By Alan CarubaMy Picks of the MonthThe new “hot” book of 2014, debuting last month, and likely to remain newsworthy through the November 2014 midterm elections is Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War...
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By Alan CarubaMy Picks of the MonthWhen the U.S. Justice Department announces it will not enforce the Defense of Marriage Act you know that same-sex marriage has the full support of the White House. An...
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By Alan CarubaMy Picks of the MonthIf there is no other book you read this year, read Philip K. Howard’s The Rule of Nobody: Saving America from Dead Laws and Broken Government ($23.95, W.W. Norton)....
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By Alan CarubaMy Picks of the MonthIf you have been trying to understand what is going on in the Middle East and the Maghreb (northern African) nations of Tunisia and Libya, among others in the wake of...
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By Alan CarubaMy Picks of the MonthThe world is a very complex place and that is true of the issues that directly and indirectly affect our lives. There is, in addition, a legion of people and groups...
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By Alan CarubaMy Picks of the MonthI have written about energy issues for decades and yet The Fracking Truth by Chris Faulkner ($21.95, Platform Press) was so filled with hard data and informed opinion...
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By Alan CarubaMy Picks of the MonthOne of the most interesting new books is Patrick J. Buchanan’s The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose from Defeat to Create the New Majority ($28.00, Crown...
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By Alan CarubaMy Picks of the MonthWe are besieged with advice on what to eat and the government has long been involved in steering everyone toward certain choices. Much of the advice it has given out...
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