Table of Contents
Chapter 1 America
What is America? (Jan 2008) 13
Chapter 2 Crisis, Fear and Anger
An American Crisis (Dec 2008) 17
A Nation of Fear (Sep 2006) 23
I’m As Mad As Hell (Mar 2009) 26
Chapter 3 Crumbling institutions
God
Rejection of God and Moral Law (May 2003) 32
The Family
Moms and Dads (Mar 2005) 37
The Community
The Decline of Family and Community (Feb 2003) 41
The Nation
Federalism (Jan 2007) 45
The Republic ... Needs Fixing (Jul 2008) 49
The Nanny Nation (Mar 2006) 56
Incrementalism (Jun 2003) 60
Is Government Moral? (Apr 2008) 63
Sovereignty Under Attack (Jan 2004) 70
Chapter 4 Failed Systems
Politics
The One Party System (Nov 2003) 76
If Congressmen Lived Like Us (Feb 2008) 80
Change - Oh Really? (Sep 2008) 88
How Republicans Win... Or Keep Losing (May 2009) 95
What Conservatism Isn’t (Nov 2003) 102
Education
Educated Idiots (Nov 2005) 107
Law
A Nation of (Too Many) Laws (Jun 2006) 111
Capitalism
Capitalism 101 (Feb 2009) 116
Health
Health Care: The Patient is Sick, Not Dead (Aug 2009) 123
Taxation
The Income Tax: An Abomination to Liberty (Apr 2009) 128
Chapter 5 Values and Culture
Protected Classes: We Are NOT All Equal (Apr 2007) 133
Moral Relativism (Dec 2002) 137
Race, Sex and Culture - Quit Whining (Mar 2008) 145
Violence: What Is the Proper Response (Oct 2006) 151
What IS Mainstream? (May 2003) 155
Entitled (Jun 2009) 162
Chapter 6 Immigration
Jobs Americans Won’t Do? (Aug 2007) 169
Framing the Immigration Debate (Nov 2007) 175
Chapter 7 War
The Iraq War - Ineffectively Waged (May 2007) 182
Answering War Critics (Feb 2003) 187
Chapter 8 Freedom
Independence Day – On a Personal Level (Jun 2003) 190
Chapter 9 On the Lighter Side
Congressional Energy Hearing (Jun 2008) 193
A Politically Correct NFL (Jan 2004) 200
Ten Headlines We Wish We’d Seen in 2003 (Jan 2004) 204
Chapter 10 Personal Reflections
A Christmas Apology (Dec 2005) 207
The Cowboy Life: An American Metaphor (Jun 2008) 210
Giving: Is an American Tradition in Danger? (Dec 2008) 216
A Father’s Words (May 2003) 220
A Message to My Teachers (Nov 2003) 223
Fifty Years Ago... (Dec 2005) 228
The Paper Route: Lessons in Growing Up (Nov 2003) 232
Epilogue
America – What’s So Great About It? (Jul 2004) 235
Mea Culpa 240
