Table of Contents
Preface vii
Government Policies 1
Dismantling America 5
Dismantling America: Part II 5
Playing Freedom Cheap 11
Pretty Talk and Ugly Realities 14
The Blame Game 17
Bowing to "World Opinion" 20
Subsidizing Bad Decisions 23
Are You an "Extremist"? 26
Varieties of Nothing 29
What Are They Buying? 32
Cheap Political Theater 35
The Limits of Power 38
Serious or Suicidal? 41
Are We France? 44
Notional Security 47
A Fatal Trajectory 50
Survival Optional 53
Words versus Realities 56
Morally Paralyzed 59
Point of No Return 62
Something for Nothing? 65
Political Issues 69
The Art of the Impossible 74
Solving Whose Problem? 77
It's Pricelless 80
Inept Republicans 83
The Brainy Bunch 86
Mascot Politics 89
Utopia versus Freedom 92
Magic Words in Politics 95
A War of Words 98
Republicans in the Wilderness 101
Burke and Obama 104
Oily Politics 107
Photographic Fraud 110
Political Corruption 113
Tragic Implications 116
A Home Invader Program? 119
An Ugly Reality 122
Fables for Adults 125
Economic Issues 129
Tax Cuts and "Trickle Down" 133
Income Confusion 136
Upside Down Economics 139
An Economic Whodunit 142
False Solutions and Real Problems 145
Curing Poverty or Using Poverty? 148
The "Greed" Fallacy 151
Payday Loans 154
Stimulus or Sedative? 157
French Student Riots 160
That "Top One Percent" 163
Race and Economics 166
The "Costs" of Medical Care 169
The "Costs" of Medical Care: Part II 172
The "Costs" of Medical Care: Part III 175
The "Costs" of Medical Care: Part IV 178
Jobs or Snow Jobs? 181
A Glimmer of Hope 184
An Off-Budget Office? 187
Cultural Issues 191
Taking America for Granted 195
De-Programming Students 198
Attention-Getters 201
Mind-Changing Books 204
The Great Escape 207
The Fallacy of "Fairness" 210
The Fallacy of "Fairness": Part II 213
The Fallacy of "Fairness": Part III 216
The Fallacy of "Fairness": Part IV 219
Adolescent Intellectuals 222
Ivan and Boris Again 225
An Investment in Failure 228
The Underdogs 231
Artificial Stupidity 234
Too Many Apologies 237
The Bullet Counters 240
Old Boxing Matches 243
The Right to Win 246
Freedom and the Left 249
The Gratingest Generation 252
The "Science" Mantra 255
"Intellectuals" 258
Autism Cures? 261
All the "News"? 264
Myths of '68 267
Say It Ain't So 270
Preserving a Vision 273
Legal Issues 277
"Empathy" versus Law 282
"Empathy" versus Law: Part II 285
The Legal Meatgrinder 288
Supreme Farce 291
The Left and Crime 294
The Left and Crime: Part II 297
High-Stakes Courts 300
The Duke Rape Case 303
The Duke Rape Case: Part II 306
The Duke Rape Case: Part III 309
The Duke Rape Case: Part IV 312
Good Riddance 315
A Tangled Web 318
Talking Points 321
Gay "Marriage" 324
Tabloid TV "Justice" 327
Random Thoughts 331
