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The Political Bookstore features authors on the cutting edge of political opinion. We are always looking for authors with a unique perspective on our political system. Conservative, liberal, Republican, Democrat, we don't care about labels - just giving you the best in original opinion and commentary.
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 Death of Outrage: |
Don't look for President Clinton's picture in The Book
of Virtues; bestselling author and former Secretary of Education William J. Bennett
considers Bill Clinton uniquely unvirtuous. In the wake of the White House intern sex
scandal, Bennett accuses Clinton of crimes at least as serious as those committed by
Richard Nixon during the Watergate imbroglio. Rising above anti-Clinton polemics, The
Death of Outrage urges the American public--which initially displayed not much more than a
collective shrug--to take issue with the president's private and public conduct.
Clinton should be judged by more than the state of the economy, implores Bennett. The
commander in chief sets the moral tone of the nation; a reckless personal life and
repeated lying from the bully pulpit call for a heavy sanction. The American people should
demand nothing less, says the onetime federal drug czar. In each chapter, Bennett lays out
the rhetorical defenses made on Clinton's behalf (the case against him is "only about
sex," harsh judgmentalism has no place in modern society, independent counsel Kenneth
Starr is a partisan prosecutor, etc.) and picks them apart. He may not convince everybody,
but this is an effective conservative brief against Bill Clinton. --John J. Miller List Price: $20.00 |
 The New Prince by Dick Morris The master of cynicism teaches politicians how to be more idealistic. |
 The End of Utopia: Politics and Culture in an Age of Apathy |
| Shelby Steele's first book, The Content of Our
Character, sparked outrage over its indictment of liberal American policies and attitudes
towards race. A Dream Deferred expands Steele's critique, comparing government
interventions (like affirmative action) to the most damaging practices of slavery and
segregation, Soviet Communism, and Nazi Germany. While Steele zealously praises civil rights victories, terming the movement that effected them "the greatest nonviolent revolution in American history (one of the greatest in all history)," he concludes that a simultaneous outcome -- the stigmatization of whiteness - has led to disaster. Shamed whites try to prove their innocence through redemptive acts, according to Steele, and he has always disdained the "moral self - preoccupation" of post-'60s white liberals, which "made them dangerous to blacks--ready to give them over to an 'otherness' in which nothing is expected of them." List Price: $24.00 |
A Dream Deferred: The Second Betrayal of
Black Freedom in America Also by Steele:
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 The Florence King Reader Also by King: With Charity Toward None: A Fond Look at Misanthropy
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A volume that will stay in bookstores as long as bile
still rankles in the human heart: the collected writings of our smartest, sharpest, and
most feared writer--"Miss King" to you! "Simply wonderful. . . . Like H.L. Mencken, whom she resembles in independence and vigorous expression of thought, King cannot write a dull paragraph." --Roger Miller, Milwaukee Journal. List Price: $13.95 |
| Okay, let's be honest. Rabid fans of television and
radio commentator Rush Limbaugh won't like this book. Fans of left-leaning satirist Al
Franken, on the other hand, will probably love it. In Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot,
Franken takes on the conservative Right in a collection of essays in which the author's
own satire often plays straight man to the greater absurdities of political life. In "One Giant Leap Toward Solving the Budget Crisis," Franken proposes cutting Medicare expenditures and NASA expenses in one fell swoop by shooting the elderly into space. "Just think how many more manned space operations NASA could undertake if they didn't have to worry about getting the astronauts back." Al Franken's humor is biting, dark, and angry--he takes no prisoners as he skewers the icons of the Right, among them Gingrich, Dole, Phil Gramm and, of course, Rush Limbaugh. Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot will make you laugh, but it might make you mad, too. And that's what Al Franken is aiming for. |
 Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot: And Other Observations List Price: $6.99 |
 The Way Things Aren't: Rush Limbaugh's Reign of Error
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A greatly expanded look at some of the whoppers told by
"The Lyin' King, " here's Limbaugh versus Reality in areas ranging from American
history to the environment, health care to rock and roll, offering excerpts from
Limbaugh's books and broadcasts side by side with . . . the truth. Includes over a
dozen photos and cartoons and an introduction by Molly Ivins. List
Price: $6.95 |
| In the follow-up to his successful "Black Lies,
White Lies", a controversial talk-show host presents a practical plan to reclaim our
resources and institu- tions from a selfish and exclusive power elite. Tony Brown's
empowering seven-step plan offers an opportunity to break free once and for all from the
constricting control of the conspira- torial machinations among the wealthy and powerful
that has run the world for far too long - including a point - by - point program for
radical reform of the income tax and a proposal to muzzle the Fed, which exerts
unconscionable influence over the lives of every American. List
Price: $24.00 |
 Empower the Also by Brown: |
 Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the
Entire U.S. Government Also by O'Rourke: |
If satirists are at their best when tussling with
something they hate, then this is P.J. O'Rourke's master- piece. He clearly hates
government--and has hated it since before it was cool to do so--and for all the right
reasons, too: it's clumsy, inefficient, hypocritical, greedy, and arrogant. In other
words, it magnifies the faults of the poor saps who staff it. Parliament of Whores is the
humorist's howl of bitter laughter at the entire bloated, num- skulled mess taking aim at
the political parties, foreign policy, and more. List
Price: $12.00 |
| A powerful New York Times bestseller in hardcover,
this controversial and compelling expose by one of today's leading conservative voices
challenges the effects of modern liberalism, linking it to the unraveling of America's
social, economic, and moral fabric. "Starkly honest and powerfully
persuasive."--Boston Herald. List Price: $14.00 |
 Slouching Towards Gomorrah: Modern Liberalism and Also by Bork: |
 The End of History Also by Fukuyama: |
Praised as one of the major political and historical
works of the '90s, this national bestseller answers the questions raised in Fukuyama's
now-famous article: Does history have an end? If so, where are we now? Will economic
prosperity lead to peace and happiness? Or will the "last man" plunge the world
back into the chaos and bloodshed of history? List Price:
$14.00 |
| Moral Politics takes a fresh look at how we think and
talk about political and moral ideas. George Lakoff analyzed recent political discussions
to find that the family - especially the ideal family--is the most important metaphor of
today. He looks at how conservatives and liberals link mor- ality to politics through the
concept of family and how these ideals diverge. A wake-up call to political pundits on
both the left and the right, this work re- defines how American think and talk about
politics. List Price: $14.95 |
 Moral Politics Also by Lakoff: |
 The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism Also by Bell: |
"Daniel Bell is our lively, necessary sage. He
sees our world clearly; he sees our world whole. The new edition of The Cultural
Contradictions of capitalism enriches our culture and increases our store of wisdom,
sanity, and humanity at a time when cheap opinion threatens them all." --Catherine R.
Stimpson, University Professor, Rutgers University, and Director, Fellows Program,
MacArthur Foundation List Price: $17.50 |
| "This useful collection contains 25 short pieces
by 26 conservative African Americans, including Justice Clarence Thomas, Shelby Steele,
and Gary Franks. The contributors include journalists and writers, lawyers, economists, a
community organizer, philosophers, a social worker, a teacher, and others.... A major focus is the political centrality of individualism. The pieces are clearly written and maintain a tone that is reasoned and positive.." Choice List Price: $19.95 |
 Black and Right |
 The Government We Deserve: Responsive Democracy and Changing |
Richard Thau, Executive Director, Third Millennium - "Want to know what the future holds for American government? Don't consult a psychic read this informative book instead. It will both scare and inspire you. And if you're young, it should motivate you to fight to save your future." Our Price: $18.95 |
| Global Spin shows how, in a relentless assault on
democracy and its institutions, the massive, covert power of large corporations has
enabled corporate agendas to dominate the international debate about the state of the
environment and the most effective means of solving environmental problems. Our Price: $19.95 |
 Global Spin : |
 Not by Politics Alone: |
Examining how conservative evangelical groups have
maintained their influence in the United States for more than two decades, Diamond shows
that these groups have drawn much of their strength from a broad and loosely affiliated
web of cultural institutions designed to meet their adherents' personal, as well as
ideological, needs. List Price: $23.95 |
| James Carville, chief strategist of Clinton's 1992 War
Room, puts the Democrats on the offensive again with this no - holds - barred response to
the Republican "Contract With America". Witty, savvy, and just plain smart, this
may be the most provocative book of the 1996 campaign season. List Price: $10.00 |
 We're Right, |
 Achieving Our |
There are many shameful incidents in America's past:
the institution of slavery, genocidal assaults on the indigenous peoples of this
continent, the escalation of the Vietnam War, and so on. What should our response to such
acts be? Should we regard the nation as irredeemably tainted by sin and spend our time
cataloging its evils, or should we acknowledge its shortcomings and make a conscious
effort to turn it into a better nation? List Price: $18.95 |
 Pick a Better Country |
Called by some the "black Rush Limbaugh." wildly
popular syndicated radio host Ken Hamblin speaks out on our "victim" culture and
the liberal do-gooders who foster it. With the fury and humor that have made him one of
talk radio's most controversial stars, Hamblin lashes out against affirmative action,
multicultural education, and media glorification of drugs, gansta rap, and gangs. List Price: $12.00 |
 Shadow: Five Presidents and the Legacy of Watergate 1974-1999
Also available in
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 Fat Man in the Middle Seat by Jack Germond  List Price: $25.95 Our Price: $18.17 You Save: $7.78 (30%) |
Favorites by H.L. Mencken
 On Politics: A Carnival of Buncombe List Price: $15.95 |
 Mencken Chrestomathy List Price: $19.00 |
 The Vintage Mencken List Price: $12.00 |
 Prejudices: A Selection List Price: $15.95 |