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Politics. Nonfiction. HTML: Straight Talk From the Firebrand Libertarian Who Struck a Chord Across America Larry Elder tells truths this nation's public figures are afraid to address. In The Ten Things You Can't Say in America, he turns conventional "wisdom" on its head and backs up his commonsense philosophy with cold, hard facts many ignore. Elder says what no one else will: Blacks are more racist than whites. White condescension is mor damaging than white racism There is no health-care crisis The War on Drugs is the new Vietnam...and we're losing Republicans and Democrats are the same beast in different rhetoric Gun control advocates have blood on their hands. America's greatest problem? Illegitimacy. The welfare state is our national narcotic. There is no glass ceiling. The media bias: it's real, it's widespread, it's destructive.… (more)
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Blacks Are More Racist than Whites - The subtlties of black racism. Very interesting. Also statistics to back it up.
The Media Bias -- It's Real, It's
There Is No Health Care "Crisis" - Another fascinating look into the medical industry. Why we don't have enough doctors, why they see themselves as above other businesses, and why the medical profession along with the Government has kept it that way.
Republicans Versus Democrats -- Maybe a Dime's Worth of Difference - It made me think. Granted he's a Libertarian, so a lot of his criticism was geared toward an extreme way of fixing the country's political problems. But he raised some good points. I'll read this chapter more thoroughly when I buy the book.
Gun Control Advocates -- Good Guys with Blood on Their Hands - Quotes "More Guns, Less Crime" a lot. This was an abbreviated version of that book. Still, it was good.
These chapters I didn't read. I'll read them (and the previous ones again) after I buy the book.
The War Against Drugs Is Vietnam II: We're Losing This One, Too
White Condescension Is as Bad as Black Racism
The Glass Ceiling -- Full of Holes
America's Greatest Problem: Not Crime, Racism, or Bad Schools -- It's Illegitimacy
America's Welfare State: The Tyranny of the Status Quo
That said, the book is fairly fact based and less inflammatory than many political books written nowadays. It's interesting to see how Elder's version of libertarianism is expressed.