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Summary: Lame
Review: For a person who claims to have read the work of Hume, his thoughts are so very lame.
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Summary: GO BACK TO WHERE YOU CAME FROM D'SOUZA
Review: YOUR BOOK SUCKS CAMEL JOCKEY
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Summary: A Wonderful Read
Review: I'm disappointed in the reviewers who claim that this book is a K-Mart Coffee Book without depth. The style of writing and audience caters to conservative youth. This isn't meant to be a thesis, but more of a light-hearted handbook for conservatives that may not be completely versed in some controversial and key issues in American politics today. This book is wonderful.
It keeps the reader entertained with anecdotes and gives basic but revealing examples of why modern liberalism in America is contrary to common sense. This book isn't for a philosopher. Yes, it is unlike D'Souza's previous works. However, as a high schooler, this book was the perfect tutorial to conservatism that jump-started my interest in politics.
I'd recommend it to anyone.
Of course the horrid reviews of this book come from those who oppose conservatism. If you don't agree with a political philosophy, you shouldn't condemn the author's background and motives.
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Summary: Packed with Knowledge!
Review: Dinesh D'Souza has produced earlier incisive, groundbreaking books. Illiberal Education and The End of Racism are both thought-provoking reads for conservatives and liberals alike, but this is one has an additional purpose: a comprehensive outline of conservative doctrine and a blanket condemnation of the opposing points of view. D'Souza revisits some previously published opinions, and if he doesn't always support them with fact, he does bring heartfelt argument to the fore. He also refers back to his other two books when illumination is needed. The book, as the title suggests, is formatted as a series of letters to a college student, complete with fond recollections of the author's days as a conservative firebrand at Dartmouth. Even constrained by this gimmick, D'Souza is an entertaining writer who delights in, "harpooning liberals," eloquently if with slight regard for fairness. We recommend this book as an ideological dessert for potential conservatives, more than as a soup-to-nuts guide to conservatism - and its no-shades-of-gray approach may even help liberals prepare their counterarguments.
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Summary: fantastic book
Review: This book is an excellent resource for a college student. I've used many of it's witty arguments to help sway people over to the Right side. It's also good to frustrate your liberal proffesors with.
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Summary: A must read, before attending college..
Review: Well, Well, Dinesh, is my new favourite story-teller.He keeps you interested in his story, never letting you off for a moment. I would definitely like to read more of his books, his style is very captivating. If you need to know the difference between a Liberal, a Conservative and a Libertarian, well, you have it here. You don't have to agree with everything that he says, but he does say it in a style of his own. I for one did not like some points, e.g. His grandmother seems to be more aware of Nixon than Reagan!(what is the point? an uneducated grandmother OR a unrecognized president?) Well, it may be a joke for him, but there is that air of condecension which is found more in a native born American, or a rebel immigrant, carried away by the love for his new found land and it big roads and flashing lights, where he could make it big. The kind of people who tell you how to pronounce a word, when no intelligible conversation can be carried out. But that is besides the point. His sucking up to Reagan is very evident, he was pampered with a job of course. Giving credit to Reagan for Gorbachev's work is pathetic. OK, he says that Gorbachev's earlier speeches indicate his leaning. I ask you, perceptive reader...can you take a moderate stance and become a leader in a communist country. And then, can you dismantle the organisation from the outside. NO, Gorbachev did what a good leader should do, bide for his time, make the system moderate and then use it to his advantage. Reagan, just happened to be president at that time. If Nixon was OR Clinton was...he would have got the credit, just the same. I am not saying Reagan was not a good president, actually he is in my opinion one of the best presidents that the US has seen. His attitude(even with his supposed shortcomings was great because he believed in himself. He had an aura around him, that was befitting the title of a president. Another issue with which I have an issue is his apparent 'dumb it down' argument with Gun control. I completely agree with him about the issue that owning guns act as a deterrent. But his example of kids dying more from accidents and in bath-tubs than by using guns which are not well hidden from children.(The argument being, that what is the use of something, if you don't find it when you really need it!). OK, you have it here, so my argument is, what is the probability of your house being mugged? Is it higher than that of your child using the unappropriately placed gun?). Let us get the fact straight, a deterrent is a deterrent and not a toy. Adults should be held responsible for the use of guns by their children and others. You cannot have the right to carry a gun and whine of its misuse. Only responsible people need to own a gun. Another issue with which I did not agree was the use of Standardized tests. For one thing, most of them are based on speed. If everyone competing at the olympics had to run the 100m dash before qualifying, then we would have very few who ran the marathon. I still feel, from personal experience, that the tests are not designed for everybody(and I am not at all talking about race or under-privileged status here!). To give you one more example. How does a person who scores a 550 on a GMAT, but shown exemplary skill by climbing mount everest, demonstrate his/her ability to get through the "tough" academics at Stanford. One more reason for the "Diversity" bs. OK, atleast admit the PC. There are ways to get into a coveted school...and then there are ways to convince the admission boards, and then there are other ways too...My take is 99% if those admitted make it throught the course, above a score which is challenging enough, whether you write an application essay or not. These "FIT" things are meant to straighten the mess created by these standardized tests, thats all and maybe create some jobs! How do you know what fits me better? you don't even know my size!!! It will be unfair to Dinesh if I just mentioned only incidents which give a negative impression of him, but rest assured, you can trust me, since I read his book very objectively, that it will be more than worth your time. There is some truth in everything he says. He makes valid reasonings and does not play the 'Alterman' card(your point is invalid since your stats deviated by 1-2%). He addresses issues that are diverse and controversial, issues like post-modern and multi-cultural and affirmation without trying to woo you to his camp. I will highly recommend this book. This book is for everybody, despite its conservative slant. I bet you will enjoy it, and have a good laugh every now and then.(Just, don't get carried away, while you are laughing!).
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Summary: Just what this grad student needed!
Review: The audience for this book was mainly intended to be the young conservative in High School or College, but this book was just what this grad student needed. LETTERS TO A YOUNG CONSERVATIVE is a great primer. I have used common sense to fight the liberals up to now, but with this book I now have a firm understanding of conservative thought -- my house is now built on rock instead of sand. For my classmates out there, Watch Out!! I'm now armed with D'Souza's wisdom. The second letter where D'Souza delineates the differences between conservatives and libertarians is informative. I had not known what seperated the two. I only wish that there might have been a letter that described the Neoconservatives. I would recommend this book to anyone. And I mean anyone, regardless of political preference. I'm off to read the other books by Dinesh D'Souza.
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Summary: A more thoughtful read cannot be found in so few pages
Review: This is a truly entertaining book! I have always enjoyed D'Souza's writings, feeling as I do that this enterprising author seems to articulate my feelings succinctly yet completely but this, his "smallest" book to date, packs everything in: humor, common sense, and a thorough coverage of American conservative thought. Fair-minded Liberals, if such a beast still exists, should even *love* this book because, I tell you, here are all the assertions conservatives have, lined up like the proverbial ducks, ready for a good drubbing that will guarantee Liberal victory in the on-going ideological war. Although, I do have to say, it isn't looking very likely.
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Summary: VERY VERY GOOD
Review: This is easily the best book when it comes to young Conservative writing. (By young, D'Souza means high-school/ college) Basically, it is a shorter and more interesting version of most of D'Souza's other books combined. Some of the better chapters are D'Souza recouting his years at Dartmouth University, and fighting the liberals there.
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Summary: an excelent book
Review: This is a excelent book for consevatives. It is written in a simpe sense for the beginner but deals with issues interesting to any well versed poltical reader. I simply loved reading this book, it was hard to put down.
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