social values

Offers wisdom from visionaries in the fields of science, government, business, entertainment, and politics on how people can change their lives for the better by rebelling against the materialist mindset that seems to be driving the world's societies.

Sammy the squirrel's search for food is discouraging until the day his hard work is rewarded.

Presents the argument that the United States populace has become obsessed with the term "terrorism" and has been blind to America's own forms of terrorism abroad and in its social fabric at home. Explores the idea that violence and lawlessness have become normative in the U.S. and are even seen as organizing principles of life. Offers ideas for reversing this trend and recreating American politics in a less violent nature.

Argues that the entertainment industry, academic orthodoxy, and political ideology have fostered the creation of the middle mind--a failure of imagination and acceptance of mediocrity in mainstream America, and looks at the manifestation of the middle mind in several areas of popular culture.

Examines the lives of first-generation college graduates of blue-collar parents as they try to adjust to the move from working class to the middle class.