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Information is power and our democracy depends on an informed electorate. So here's your chance to get informed and spread that information around!
BOOKS -- TOP 10 RECOMMENDATIONS
RANKING BASED ON LATEST SALES FIGURES FROM AMAZON.COM
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INFIDEL -- Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Ali is a Somali-born member of the Dutch parliament who faced death threats after collaborating on a film about domestic violence against Muslim women with director Theodore van Gogh (who was himself assassinated). She describes how horrified she felt after Sept. 11, 2001, reaching for the Koran to find out whether some of Osama bin Laden's more blood-curdling statements -- "when you meet the unbelievers, strike them in the neck" -- were direct quotations from the Koran. "I found myself thinking that the Quran is not a holy document . . . It spreads a culture that is brutal, bigoted, fixated on controlling women." That moment led Hirsi Ali to her conclude that the enslavement of women lies at the heart of all of the most fanatical interpretations of Islam, creating "a culture that generates more backwardness with every generation."

2 THE POLITICALLY INCORRECT GUIDE TO GLOBAL WARMING (AND ENVIRONMENTALISM) -- Christopher C. Horner. When you hear the words "Global Warming", think "Central Planning". For decades, environmentalism has been the Left's best excuse for increasing government control over our actions in ways both large and small. It's for Mother Earth! It's for the children! It's for the whales! But until now, the doomsday-scenario environmental scares they've trumped up haven't been large enough to justify the lifestyle restrictions they want to impose. With global warming, however, greenhouse gasbags can argue that auto emissions in Ohio threaten people in Paris, and that only "global governance" (Jacques Chirac's words) can tackle such problems.
3 A MORMON IN THE WHITE HOUSE?: 10 Things Every Conservative Should Know About Mitt Romney -- Hugh Hewitt. Radio host and blogger Hugh Hewitt discusses Mitt Romney, his unusual faith story, and his viability as a Republican presidential nominee. Inside are exclusive interviews with the governor, his family, and closest associates, mixed with candid conversations with some of the country's shrewdest political observers and Christian leaders. Hewitt sets out to explain Romney, his faith, and the importance of that debate in a headline-making and election-shaping opening shot in the campaign before the campaign.
4 POWER, FAITH AND FANTASY: America in the Middle East, 1776 to the Present -- Michael Oren. Who on earth was thinking about jihad during the American Revolutionary War? Well, our Founding Fathers were, and for good reason. The parallels between then and now are stunning, and the reality that there's nothing new under the sun -- at least not in the Middle East -- is inescapable. Oren has not only written a fascinating book, but he has also done a great service to diplomats, policy makers, international business men and women, opinion shapers and, of course, the rest of us who make up our democracy: private citizens who need to better understand our world.
5 THE KITE RUNNER: Khaled Hosseini. Amir and Hassan live and play together, not simply as friends, but as brothers without mothers. Their intimate story traces across the expansive canvas of history, 40 years in Afghanistan's tragic evolution, like a kite under a gathering storm. The reader is blown from the last days of Kabul's monarchy -- salad days in which the boys lives' are occupied with school, welcome snows, American cowboy movies and neighborhood bullies -- into the atrocities of the Taliban, which turned the boys' green playing fields red with blood. A moderate in heart and mind, Hosseini has little good to say about Islamic extremism.
6 SOMEBODY'S GOTTA SAY IT -- Neal Boortz. The best-selling author of "The Fair Tax Book", is back taking on teacher's unions, minimum wage, and the nanny state. Full of irresistible wisecracks and irrefutable libertarian wisdom, Somebody's Gotta Say It is one man's response to America at a time when the government overreaches, the people underperform -- and the truth hurts.
7 AMERICA ALONE: The End of the World As We Know It -- Mark Steyn. In this, his first major book, colomnist Mark Steyn takes on the great poison of the twenty-first century: the anti-Americanism that fuels both Old Europe and radical Islam, America, Steyn argues, will have to stand alone. The world will be divided between America and the rest; and for our sake America had better win. Read his weekly column.
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UNSTOPPABLE GLOBAL WARMING: Every 1500 Years -- Fred Singer and Dennis Avery. Physicist Fred Singer and economist Dennis Avery note that most of the earth’s recent warming occurred before 1940, and thus before much human-emitted CO2. Moreover, physical evidence shows 600 moderate warmings in the earth’s last million years. The evidence ranges from ancient Nile flood records, Chinese court documents and Roman wine grapes to modern spectral analysis of polar ice cores, deep seabed sediments, and layered cave stalagmites. This book documents the reality of a moderate, natural, 1500-year climate cycle on the earth. To understand the why and how, you might also check out "The Chilling Stars" by Danish physicist Henrik Svensmark and former BBC science writer Nigel Calder.
9 SUPREME CONFLICT: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Control of the United States Supreme Court -- Jan Crawford Greenburg. According to ABC News reporter, Jan Crawford Greenburg, Clarence Thomas has borne some of the most vitriolic personal attacks in Supreme Court history. But the persistent stereotypes about his views on the law and subordinate role on the court are equally offensive--and demonstrably false. An extensive documentary record shows that Justice Thomas has been a significant force in shaping the direction and decisions of the court for the past 15 years. Read her Wall Street Journal article.
10 WORDS THAT WORK: It's Not What You Say, It's What People Hear -- Frank Luntz. Democrats would love to have Republican pollster Frank Luntz working for them -- now you can see why. Mr. Luntz offers a fair amount of good advice to anyone who must communicate publicly. Most important: "Be the message." By this he means that if you want to talk the talk and be believed, you must walk the walk. You must mean what you say and act on it. Integrity sells. And "what people hear" is at bottom what will persuade them. Select words carefully, utilizing those terms which are most likely to convince your audience to accept your ideas. Clark Judge reviews the book in the Wall Street Journal.
COMING SOON:
APRIL: OUTRAGE: How Liberals, Congress, Unions, Drug Companies, Big Oil, Banks, Lobbyists, Corporations, the United Nations, the World Bank, the INS, the TSA, and the Democratic Party Are Ripping Us Off . . . and what to do about it -- Dick Morris. Dick Morris served as Bill Clinton's political consultant for twenty years, guiding him to a successful reelection in 1996. He is the author of New York Times bestsellers Because He Could, Rewriting History (both with Eileen McGann), Off with Their Heads, and Behind the Oval Office, and the Washington Post bestseller Power Plays.
  OCTOBER: IF DEMOCRATS HAD ANY BRAINS, THEY'D BE REPUBLICANS: Anne Coulter at Her Best, Funniest, and Most Outrageous -- Anne Coulter. According to Ann Coulter, it’s not possible to get the truth out sometimes without being rude. Ann is always the smartest person in the room -- quick on her feet and articulate. You may not like what she says, but she could win in any debate as she locks eyes with her opponent and then proceeds to skin, fillet, slice, and dice an opposing opinion. Don't mess with Ann.

 
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