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Letters to a young conservative / Dinesh D'Souza.

Van Pelt Library JC573.2.U6 D76 2002
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
D'Souza, Dinesh, 1961-
Series:
Art of mentoring series
[The art of mentoring]
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Conservatism--United States.
Conservatism.
Politicians.
United States.
Youth--Political activity--United States.
Youth.
Youth--Political activity.
Politicians--United States--Correspondence.
Right and left (Political science).
Genre:
Correspondence.
Personal correspondence.
Physical Description:
viii, 229 pages ; 22 cm.
Place of Publication:
New York : Basic Books, [2002]
Summary:
In Letters To A Young Conservative, he stakes out the conservative philosophy that made him the enfant terrible of the Reagan revolution and a best-selling author. With rigor, wit and clarity, D'Souza shows that it is conservatives who uphold the classical "liberal" principles of the American Revolution: economic freedom, political freedom, and freedom of speech and religion. These freedoms, combined with a commitment to civic and social virtue, distinguish the conservative vision of what it means to lead a good and happy life.
Contents:
Conservatives vs. liberals
The libertarian temptation
The education of a conservative
Pig wrestling at Dartmouth
Fighting political correctness
Authentic vs. bogus multiculturalism
What's so great about great books
How Reagan outsmarted the liberals
Why government is the problem
When the rich get richer
How affirmative action hurts Blacks
The feminist mistake
Who are the postmodernists?
Why professors are so left-wing
All the news that fits
A living constitution?
More guns, less crime
How to harpoon a liberal
Lies my teacher taught me
Was Lincoln a bad guy?
The self-esteem hoax
Who cares about the snail darter?
Against gay marriage
Family values since Oedipus
Speaking as a former fetus...
The hypocrisy of anti-globalists
Are immigrants to blame?
Why liberals hate America
A Republican realignment?
Why conservatives should be cheerful
A conservative reading list.
Notes:
Series from jacket.
ISBN:
0465017339
OCLC:
49942696

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