Reading List
This page started out to be about my efforts at “continuing education.” There are more good and timely books out there than I have time to read, so I’ve changed this to a more topical list of history and political books that I think everyone should read.
Amazon must love me. I got a Kindle for Christmas so I can carry arounda whole bunch of books at one time. Using the library just doesn’t work for me: I can’t predict how long it’s going to be before I can get to a book. The Kindle is my new library.
Several of my books have been loaned out. I’m happy to become a conservative lending library. Just email me and we’ll work something out.
First, a list of the books sitting on my bookshelf that I need to read:
Liberal Fascism by Jonah Goldberg. Another Glenn Beck recommendation. I have vacillated between calling Obama fascist or communist but in practice they’re the same thing. FA Hayek made that very clear. I’ll be interested to learn what Goldberg has to say.
Culture of Corruption by Michelle Malkin. Just released and number 1 already on Amazon. I’ve seen her on Glenn Beck and read a bit on her blog. Exposing the Chicago way and how Obama has brought it to Washington.
The 5000 Year Leap: The 28 Great Ideas that Changed the World by W. Cleon Skousen. Another of the Glenn Beck-recommended books. This is actually a 1981 book. Looks suitable to be a textbook in a course on politics or political philosophy. Which explains why 1) my wife didn’t make it past p. 70 and 2) I’m eager to read it.
The Blueprint: How the Democrats Won Colorado, by Adam Schrager and Rob Witwer. This is the story of how four Colorado leftist millionaires changed the complexion of the state. How could we let four people control our destiny? Guess I’ll find out. Guess we’re going to Change It Back this November.
Taking America Back by Joseph Farah, founder of WorldNetDaily. I like what I read on WorldNetDaily and since he’s the founder and publisher, I thought this might be a good read.
Then, some I’ve read and highly recommend (alphabetically by author):
Frederic Bastiat, The Law
Hilmar von Campe, Defeating the Totalitarian Lie
Jerome Corsi, The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality
Brigitte Gabriel, Because They Hate
F.A. Hayek, The Road to Serfdom
Eric Hofer, The True Believer
David Horowitz & Richard Poe, The Shadow Party
Mark Levin, Liberty and Tyranny
Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
Amity Shlaes, The Forgotten Man
Other reading lists:
Colorado Sen Schultheis’ Conservative Reading List
I have the same three books (and more) sitting on my shelf waiting for me to have time to read them.
I just finished _Culture of Corruption_, and this week I picked up _The Shadow Party_ at the Jefferson County library.
Finished “Catastrophe” on the plane on the way in to DC. It was OK but a very current book–the kind that if you’re going to read it you ought to read it soon or else it will become stale.
Still, it was written in April and Morris’ insights remain valid today.
I had also gotten half-way through Pestritto’s book on a previous trip and that’s next up tomorrow. Meanwhile a classmate showed me an essay by Pestritto that pretty much tells me what I wanted to know from the book. Wish I’d seen that first…