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Most recent Social Science Book Reviews

Invisible Children: Preteen Mothers, Adolescent Felons, and What We Can Do About It Mike Tikkanen

Reviewed by Barbara Broom

Invisible Children! What a revealing title. However, as the author tells us, the children he writes about are all too visible. As a Guardian ad Litem (people who…

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Ethics for a Finite World: An Essay Concerning a Sustainable Future Herschel Elliot

Reviewed by Connie Anderson

In the foreword, Richard D. Lamm, former governor of Colorado, says, and I paraphrase here: The great earthshaking controversies in our history...have been…

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Meth: America's Home-Cooked Menace Dirk Johnson

Reviewed by Connie Anderson

Police departments in many regions across the United States say methamphetamine now represents 70-80% of their drug cases. Why? Meth is a cheap buzz and can be…

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Imperial Life in the Emerald City Rajiv Chandrasekaran

Reviewed by Muhammed Hassanali

Subtitled: Inside Iraq’s Green Zone

Chandrasekaran was Baghdad bureau chief for the Washington Post when the American troops invaded Iraq. Imperial…

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Dangerous Nation Robert Kagan

Reviewed by Muhammed Hassanali

Kagan’s main thesis is that America has always actively participated in state affairs beyond its borders. He does this through extensive historical…

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Peace Out of Reach Stephen Bronner

Reviewed by Michele Heather Pollock

Subtitled: Middle Eastern Travels and the Search for Reconciliation

The political and ideological conflicts plaguing the Middle East are currently of…

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News Of A Kidnapping Gabriel Marquez

Reviewed by Laura Langer

Gabriel García Márquez wrote News of a Kidnapping to tell the story of the ordeal of ten Colombian journalists who were abducted and held by Pablo Escobar’s…

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Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left from Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning Jonah Goldberg

Reviewed by Sharon Broom

Goldberg’s book caused ”˜commotion’ prior to its publication and the ”˜far left’ is probably sputtering following its release. …

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Stupid Black Men: How to Play the Race Card—And Lose Larry Elder

Reviewed by Andrea Sisco

With a title like Stupid Black Men and the state of our PC society, it is no wonder author Larry Elder is experiencing (as he writes in an essay for Town Hall)…

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A Time to Clash: Papers from a Provocative Pastor Doug Giles

Reviewed by Sharon Broom

Doug Giles is the pastor of ClashChurch in Miami, Florida. He’s also a columnist on TownHall.com and an author. His current book is A Time to Clash: Papers…

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In Spite of the Gods: The Rise of Modern India Edward Luce

Reviewed by Kristin Grabarek

While most have remained captivated by China’s race to be recognized as the next world power, Edward Luce suggests shifting focus to another eastern…

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America Alone: The End of the World as We Know It Mark Steyn

Reviewed by Barbara Broom

If you truly love your country and want to keep it free from radical Islamism, then you must read America Alone by Mark Steyn. After you’ve read it, you must…

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The Really Inconvenient Truths: Seven Environmental Catastrophes Liberals Don't Want You to Know About—Because They Helped Cause Them Iain Murray

Reviewed by Sharon Broom

Iain Murray exposes the harsh and dangerous deeds of the environmentalists who, in their passion to save the world, are actually using and wasting energy,…

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Tragedy in South Lebanon: The Israeli-Hezbollah War of 2006 Cathy Sultan

Reviewed by Michele Heather Pollock

In July of 2006, Hezbollah kidnapped two Israeli soldiers, sparking a war between the Israel and Lebanon that victimized civilians on both sides of the…

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Against Us Jim Sciutto

Reviewed by Muhammed Hassanali

The introduction of Against Us begins with author Sciutto discovering that his neighbors in the London suburb of Notting Hill are terrorists. It also…

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