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Summary: Facts, to the Left, are like sunlight to a vampire. . .
Review: So keep shining the light, Larry!!In addition to this book, Larry's radio show has sharpened itself wonderfully in the last 2 years, and I only see him continuing to skyrocket. Will Larry's views prevail? Hey, noone ultimately prevails. The fight for wisdom and clarity never ends. I'm just glad guys like Larry are out there. Larry can be heard on KABC in Los Angeles and his show also streams live over the internet.
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Summary: Important Book - Mr. Elder writes eloquently on many issues
Review: Listeners of Mr. Elder talk radio show will find little or no surprises on this book, however, it is always interesting to read the sources and the details of his positions. Some will argue that Larry's points are somewhat simplistic, however, I would say that they are more simple than simplistic and we could all use a little more "simple" in our political arena. In this book Larry talks about most of the hot buttons in America in a perspective that current politicians, from both parties, do not dare touch. All issues are discussed with the trademark wit that has made Larry Elder the success he is today.
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Summary: a question
Review: I have submitted a review twice and have not seen it appear - I would like to know if there is a guidline that I did not heed. If so, please let me know. Thank you Patricia McCarthy
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Summary: The Truth
Review: Want to know what the REAL problems are and who they are?? Larry will tell you.
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Summary: Larry Elder: A Man Of Intense Conviction
Review: I cannot fail to admire Larry for the integrity of his belief in what is the truth. This is a bold work, often as strident as it is amusing. Though I share a libertarian commonality with Larry, this book contains occasions of simplistic naivete in its reading of data that are disappointing. Larry, an ardent supporter of firearms as a panacea for a multitude of criminal ills presents arguments in this area that show he often assumes facts rather than proving them. Using Britain's ever tightening gun control laws and increasing crime rates, Larry implies a cause and effect. Aside from quoting a few hysterical British tabloid headlines, Mr. Elder fails to show a correlation between British gun control and increases in crime in that nation...perhaps because there is none. Even before the most recent gun control laws, there were only 1.2 million legal firearms in Britain, the vast majority of which were held by rural shotgun owning landowners or sporting handgun enthusiasts. Some food for thought: England and Wales, with a combined population of over 52 million had 729 reported homicides with 677 recorded as such in 1994 (Home Office Data). Los Angeles/Long Beach metropolitan area, with a population of around 9 million in 1994 had 1669 murders (University of Virginia Library, Geospatial & Statistical Data Center). Crimes of violence accounted for 4% of all notifiable offenses in England and Wales in 1994 while US data suggests figures over 30%. Further muddying his ill-conceived gun advocation treatise, Larry goes on to inform the reader that America's larger minority population "who kill or are killed" are a factor in the higher murder rate of the US compared to England. One wonders then why London with an ethnic minority population of 40% (London's Guardian newspaper, 9/03/2000) and an overall population of over 7 million does not have similar murder rates to Los Angeles, a US city with a similar population demographic? To compare the two nations for the purposes of showing that more guns equals less crime is not just foolish it is untenable. When dissecting the predations of Affirmative Action, Larry uses an economics model with no referent in reality. Describing how market forces destroy racism, Larry suggests that workplace racism cannot be fostered under free market forces. He presents the "case" of 500 white workers at $5.00 p/h juxtaposed against 500 black workers at $4.75 p/h. This let's pretend scenario bears no relation to the real-life effects of workplace discrimination in which individuals are passed over for promotions and so forth for reasons of racial prejudice by senior staff with no monetary interest in the decision. I have hit upon what I perceive to be the books lows, but in Elder's defense "The Ten Things You Can't Say In America" does a sound job of trouncing the havoc played upon society by the Racism professionals and blackness certifiers of the Soul Patrol; the demented and anti-American "War on Drugs;" the welfare state and its spawning of generations of desocialized citizens and unparented children and the Republicrat monopoly on US politics. It's not a great book, but it is a worthwhile and challenging read.
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Summary: Enjoyable
Review: A good, relaxing, enjoyable read for Larry Elder fans (as I am on most issues). However, if you DO listen to him on his radio program regularly, you already know pretty much everything that is in the book. He's merely written down what you've heard him say day in and day out. If you don't mind that, he deserves your book dollar; he's up against a lot of fools.
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Summary: Truth, Facts,
Review: Truth, facts, documentation, consistency, logic and reason. What more could an informed reader ask for?
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Summary: Larry Elder Let The Common Sense Genie Out Of The Bottle!
Review: Larry Elder is not called the "sage of south central" for nothing. If every American would open their minds instead of letting media and political bias sway their decisions we would have a new country inside of a month. In this book, Larry Elder shows in a very convincing and forthright way that although we live in the the country with the most freedom, we are relying more and more on a government which has no interest at all in seeing us free, and in many cases, seeks to enslave us and make us dependent. This book is a real eye-opener and will have you thinking hard for some time after you read it. Some parts, particularly the chapter on legalization of drugs and how our "drug war" has failed will surely raise controversy and that is a good thing. Americans need to think and rethink their positions on issues instead of allowing those with their own vested interests to make up their minds for them. If you believe that you can run your own life and affairs and that the money you make should remain in your own hands and that it is arrogance in the least and tyranny in the most for a government to tell you otherwise or make decisions about your life without your consent, then this book is for you. Larry Elder presents the evidence that we as Americans have been duped and conned into believing things that just aren't true. This is a book well worth the money and you can't walk away from it without being challenged, enlightened, and informed.
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Summary: Blacks and Jews need to work together
Review: "The Ten Things" are not that shocking, it is the messenger and its delivery. Larry Elder has not written a scholarly thesis, he just tells it like he sees it, though you may want to dismiss him. His views, politically incorrect as they are, have a clear ring of truth, and need to be considered. Black, Jews and other people do not need to be at odds, they can work together as Jews and Blacks had at the beginning of the civil rights movement. The recent book release of the "Jewish Phenomenon-the 7 Keys to the Enduring Wealth of a People" shows how centuries of discrimination and attacks have yielded quite a different result for Jewish-American. As the most economically successful ethnic group, Jews have made contributions in fields across the spectrum. With the selection of Senator Lieberman, and you may disagree with his politics, Jews are pointing the way if African-Americans choose to follow the 7 principles outline in the Jewish Phenomenon. Several ideas that Elder has himself touched on in his book and on the radio. If there is such a ethnic success story, why not examine it and copy it? Elder agrees that there is not genetic divide between the races, it is a matter of positive nurturing and development.
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Summary: A light at the end of the tunnel!
Review: I admit to being an avid fan of Larry Elder--he has been a blessing to those of us in Southern Calif. who need relief from the shameless liberal bias of the electronic media. The book is all I expected and more. Clearly written (though with some jarring typos), he addresses ten of the most stubborn issues that Americans face as we begin a new century. Political correctness, and the assault on common sense that it wreaks, has taken over academia, the media, politics to the point that rational discourse is a thing of the past. Elder breaches the tyranny and makes powerful cases for a rational approach to our most vexing problems--racism, medical care, media bias, illegitimacy, the "war on drugs," and gun control. His arguments are intellectually sound, based on the facts and the dire consequences of well-intentioned but failed policies. This is a book that should be required reading in our high schools and colleges.
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