Recommended Books

This is a brief list of some books I recommend highly — these are books that have informed and shaped my way of thinking on an array of issues. By the way, if you plan on purchasing any of these books, please consider the following: Amazon rates as a republican leaning company, based on its political contributions; while Barnes & Nobles rates as a strong Democratic party supporter, based on its political contributions. That said, I, like the overwhelming majority of the Web using population have, and continue to use, Amazon for some online purchases (it’s just a fact that Amazon is a convenient place to shop online).

My list of recommend books:

• Imperial Hubris: Why the West Is Losing the War on Terror, by Michael Scheuer

• Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think, by George Lakoff

• MoveOn’s 50 Ways to Love Your Country: How to Find Your Political Voice and Become a Catalyst for Change

• Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny, by Robert Wright

• People’s History of the United States: 1492-Present, by Howard Zinn

• Rules for Radicals: A Practical Primer for Realistic Radicals, by Saul D. Alinsky

• The Moral Animal: Why We Are the Way We Are: The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology, by Robert Wright

• The Republican Noise Machine: Right-Wing Media and How it Corrupts Democracy, by David Brock

• The Stock Ticker and the Superjumbo: How the Democrats Can Once Again Become America’s Dominant Political Party, by Rick Perlstein

• What Liberal Media?: The Truth About Bias and the News (Art of Mentoring Series), by Eric Alterman

Of these, I highly recommend Rules for Radicals to anyone looking for practical insight on what it takes to be an effective grassroots leader — something we desperately need more of.