Posted on 08/25/2009 9:17:58 PM PDT by Laserman
Need recommendations for a Reading List for a Liberal to learn about Conservative values and positions on issues.
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Here is what I have so far:
Economics:
Henry Hazlitt: Economics in One Lesson
Milton Friedman: Free to Choose; Capitalism and Freedom
Thomas Sowell: Basic Economics
F. A. Hayek: The Road to Serfdom; The Fatal Conceit
G. Edward Griffin: The Creature from Jekyll Island
Thomas Woods: Meltdown
Ludwig von Mises: The Anti-Capitalist Mentality (and practically any other work he's written)
Social Policy:
Robert Bork: Slouching Towards Gomorrah
Racial Issues:
Thomas Sowell: Black Rednecks and White Liberals
Shelby Steele: White Guilt
Socialism/Communism/Fascism:
Gary Allen: None Dare Call it Conspiracy
John T. Flynn: The Road Ahead; As We Go Marching; The Roosevelt Myth; The Decline of the American Republic
Jonah Goldberg: Liberal Fascism
Mark Levin: Liberty and Tyranny
Patrick Buchanan: Death of the West
W. Cleon Skousen: The Naked Communist
George Orwell: 1984; Animal Farm; Homage to Catalonia
Max Eastman: Reflections on the Failure of Socialism
History:
Schweikart and Allen's A Patriot's History
W. Cleon Skousen: The 5000 Year Leap; The Making of America
Education:
Allan Bloom: The Closing of the American Mind
Thomas Sowell: Inside American Education
WOT:
Mark Steyn: America Alone
Brigitte Gabriel: Because they Hate
Nonie Darwish: Now they Call me Infidel
Lothrop Stoddard: The New World of Islam
Melanie Phillips: Londonistan
David Horowitz: Unholy Alliance
Bernard Lewis: The Crisis of Islam
Western Civilization (assaults upon, death of)
Tony Blankley: The West's Last Chance
George Wiegel: The Cube and the Cathedral
Judicial Activism:
Robert Bork: Coercing Virtue
Mark Levin: Men in Black
Phyllis Schlafly: The Supremacists
Global Warming:
Roy Spencer: Climate Confusion
Bjorg Lomborg: The Skeptical Environmentalist
Singer and Avery's: Unstoppable Global Warming
Michel Crichton: State of Fear
Socialized Medicine:
Sally Pipes: Top 10 Myths of America Health Care
John Goodman (et al.): Lives at Risk
Dr. Jane Orient: Your Doctor is Not In
Misc:
Russell Kirk: The Conservative Mind
G.K. Chesterton: Eugenics and Other Evils; What's Wrong with the World
Glen Beck's 'Common Sense'
Liberty and Tyranny, by Mark Levin
Liberal Fascism, by Jonah Goldberg
“American Scripture” - The Declaration of Independence
“The Business of May Next: James Madison and the Founding”
“Miracle at Philadelphia”
“The Road to Serfdom”
“Tyranny and Liberty” The Five Thousand Year Leap by W.Cleon Skousen
Free To Choose by Milton and Rose Friedman
Glenn Beck’s Inconvient Truth
The Revolution: A Manifesto by Ron Paul
The Roots of American Order by Russell Kirk
The Conservative Mind by Russell Kirk
Anarchy, State, and Utopia by Robert Nozick
Capitalism and Freedom by Milton Friedman
Constitutional Chaos by Andrew Napolitano
Constitution in Exile by Andrew Napolitano
The Obama Nation by Jerome Corsi
Thomas Paine, specifically Common Sense and American Crisis
Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution
Liberty And Tyranny by Mark Levin
Parliament Of Whores and/or All The Trouble In The World by PJ O'Rourke
Liberal Fascism by Jonah Goldberg
The Road to Serfdom
Liberal Fascism
America Alone
Any of the general market books by Milton Friedman and Thomas Sowell.
Federalist Papers and the Anti-Federalist
Allan Bloom’s “Closing of the American Mind"
Give him a sense of the depth and breath of conservative thought...
The Law by Frederic Bastiat
Death By Government by R.J. Rummel
The Road Ahead by John T. Flynn
Pro-Life Answers To Pro-Choice Questions by Randy Alcorn
bookmark
Yes, the Holy Bible first and then other books.
You’re forgetting one of the right’s other babes—Michelle Malkin.
Any of her books.
Make sure you criticize your friend's choice of food too. Tell him it's unhealthy and that he doesn't need to eat it.
When your plate arrives enjoy your meal while your liberal friend stares at you in disbelief.
When the check arrives hand it to him. Tell him he must pay all of it (including the plate you gave away) because he has the ability to pay for it and its the right thing to do.
If he protests- tell him he's being selfish and mean-spirited.
Walk out the door of the restaurant- go about your day.
You found a liberal willing to read such contraband?
You found a Liberal who can read??
The best autobiography from twentieth century America:
Witness by Whittaker Chambers
Thomas Sowell - The Vision Of The Anointed
Dennis Prager - Think A Second Time
P.J. O’Rourke - Parliament Of Whores
Rush Limbaugh - The Way Things Ought To Be
Rush Limbaugh - See, I Told You So
Ann Coulter - Treason
Mark Steyn - America Alone
I can speak from experience that this works with Liberals, hey, it worked for me!
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