Dismantling America by Sowell, Thomas -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page PREFACE GOVERNMENT POLICIES

Dismantling America Dismantling America: Part II Playing Freedom Cheap Pretty Talk and Ugly Realities The Blame Game Bowing to “World Opinion” Subsidizing Bad Decisions Are You an “Extremist”? Varieties of Nothing What Are They Buying? Cheap Political Theater The Limits of Power Serious or Suicidal? Are We France? Notional Security A Fatal Trajectory Survival Optional Words versus Realities Morally Paralyzed Point of No Return Something for Nothing?

POLITICAL ISSUES

The Art of the Impossible Solving Whose Problem? It’s Priceless Inept Republicans The Brainy Bunch Mascot Politics Utopia versus Freedom Magic Words in Politics A War of Words Republicans in the Wilderness Burke and Obama Oily Politics Photographic Fraud Political Corruption Tragic Implications A Home Invader Program? An Ugly Reality Fables for Adults

ECONOMIC ISSUES

Tax Cuts and “Trickle Down” Income Confusion Upside Down Economics An Economic Whodunit False Solutions and Real Problems Curing Poverty or Using Poverty? The “Greed” Fallacy Payday Loans Stimulus or Sedative? French Student Riots That “Top One Percent” Race and Economics The “Costs” of Medical Care The “Costs” of Medical Care: Part II The “Costs” of Medical Care: Part III The “Costs” of Medical Care: Part IV Jobs or Snow Jobs? A Glimmer of Hope An Off-Budget Office?

CULTURAL ISSUES

Taking America for Granted De-Programming Students Attention-Getters Mind-Changing Books The Great Escape The Fallacy of “Fairness” The Fallacy of “Fairness”: Part II The Fallacy of “Fairness”: Part III The Fallacy of “Fairness”: Part IV Adolescent Intellectuals Ivan and Boris Again An Investment in Failure The Underdogs Artificial Stupidity Too Many Apologies The Bullet Counters Old Boxing Matches The Right to Win Freedom and the Left The Gratingest Generation The “Science” Mantra “Intellectuals” Autism Cures? All the “News”? Myths of ’6 8 Say It Ain’t So Preserving a Vision

LEGAL ISSUES

“Empathy” versus Law “Empathy” versus Law: Part II The Legal Meatgrinder Supreme Farce The Left and Crime The Left and Crime: Part II High-Stakes Courts The Duke Rape Case The Duke Rape Case: Part II The Duke Rape Case: Part III The Duke Rape Case: Part IV Good Riddance A Tangled Web Talking Points Gay “Marriage” Tabloid TV “Justice”

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