02607cam a2200361 i 4500 2778947336 TxAuBib 20260609120000.0 r 260328s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780465022595 electronic bk. 0465022596 electronic bk. MWT17288010 Midwest rda TxAuBib rda Sowell, Thomas, 1930-, author. Dismantling America [Hoopla] : and other controversial essays / Thomas Sowell. [United States : Basic Books, 2010. Made available through hoopla. 1 online resource (320 pages.) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Instant title available through hoopla. These wide-ranging essays-on many individual political, economic, cultural and legal issues-have as a recurring, underlying theme the decline of the values and institutions that have sustained and advanced American society for more than two centuries. This decline has been more than an erosion. It has, in many cases, been a deliberate dismantling of American values and institutions by people convinced that their superior wisdom and virtue must over-ride both the traditions of the country and the will of the people. Whether these essays (originally published as syndicated newspaper columns) are individually about financial bailouts, illegal immigrants, gay marriage, national security, or the Duke University rape case, the underlying concern is about what these very different kinds of things say about the general direction of American society. This larger and longer-lasting question is whether the particular issues discussed reflect a degeneration or dismantling of the America that we once knew and expected to pass on to our children and grandchildren. There are people determined that this country's values, history, laws, traditions and role in the world are fundamentally wrong and must be changed. Such people will not stop dismantling America unless they get stopped-and the next election may be the last time to stop them, before they take the country beyond the point of no return. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Hoopla eBook. Conservatism. Liberalism. Political science. Electronic books. hoopla digital. https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/14959200?utm_source=MARC&Lid=hh2017 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/hbg_9780465022595_180.jpeg Cover image