Letters to a Young Conservative

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Basic Books, Apr 28, 2009 - Literary Collections - 240 pages
Among the topics Dinesh D'Souza covers in Letters to a Young Conservative: -- Fighting Political Correctness -- Authentic vs. Bogus Multiculturalism -- Why Government Is the Problem -- When the Rich Get Richer -- How Affirmative Action Hurts Blacks -- The Feminist Mistake -- All the News That Fits -- How to Harpoon a Liberal -- The Self-Esteem Hoax -- A Republican Realignment? -- Why Conservatives Should Be Cheerful

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Contents

Conservatives vs Liberals
1
The Libertarian Temptation
11
The Education of a Conservative
15
Pig Wrestling at Dartmouth
23
Fighting Political Correctness
35
Authentic vs Bogus Multiculturalism
45
Whats So Great About Great Books
55
How Reagan Outsmarted the Liberals
61
The Feminist Mistake
101
Who Are the Postmodernists?
107
Why Professors Are So LeftWing
113
All the News That Fits
117
A Living Constitution?
123
More Guns Less Crime
131
How to Harpoon a Liberal
135
Lies My Teacher Taught Me
145

Why Government Is the Problem
77
When the Rich Get Richer
85
How Affirmative Action Hurts Blacks
91
Was Lincoln a Bad Guy?
149
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About the author (2009)

Dinesh D'Souza, the Rishwain Research Scholar at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, served as senior domestic policy analyst in the White House in 1987-88. He is the bestselling author of Illiberal Education, The End of Racism, Ronald Reagan, and The Virtue of Prosperity. He divides his time between Washington, D.C, and San Diego, California.

Bibliographic information

TitleLetters to a Young Conservative
Art of Mentoring
Letters to a Young
AuthorDinesh D'Souza
Editionreprint
PublisherBasic Books, 2009
ISBN0786739096, 9780786739097
Length240 pages
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