Note: I don’t agree with every idea propounded in the books and articles below. I don’t think that’s possible; some of these ideas are mutually exclusive. Still, I hope this reading list serves as a partial antidote to “liberal douchebag garofalo” type thinking.
There is plenty of hypocrisy and sloppy thinking in every philosophy, theology and ideology. In forming a view of the world, in understanding an idea, one must often rely on biased sources, tainted by their own prejudices and contradictions. This sounds terribly dispiriting but all it means is that you must read widely, experience much, and come to trust your own judgment––while allowing that you might be wrong.
33 Questions About American History You’re Not Supposed to Ask
An Alien Pod Person in a Room Full of Leftists
Do As I Say (Not As I Do): Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy
The Gods of the Copybook Headings
Liberty Versus the Tyranny of Socialism: Controversial Essays
The Long March: How the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s Changed America
The Portable Conservative Reader
Radical Son: A Generational Odyssey
The Rape of the Masters: How Political Correctness Sabotages Art
Tenured Radicals: How Politics Has Corrupted Our Higher Education
What Diversity Means for Schools
