moral conditions

Explores how the dog-eat-dog economic climate of the last twenty years has led to corrupt values in the United States, forcing many people to cutting corners, deception, and corruption.

"Identification of narcissism as not only an individual ailment but also a burgeoning social epidemic; predicting the limitless expansion of the anxious and grasping narcissistic self into every part of American life"--Amazon.

A former nine-time congressman from Ohio and one of the most respected commentators on politics and society, John Kasich believes that traditional American values are in serious danger of being lost. Kasich asserts that this erosion of moral values can be atttributed to, among other things, disappointing leadership from elected officials, the growing lack of ethics in business and sports, religious intolerance, and mass media and popular culture. By addressing such fundamental issues as honesty, personal responsibility, integrity, and the importance of leaving the world a better place, Kasich offers both a heartfelt and straightforward solution for all Americans to finally reset our moral compass and learn to STAND FOR SOMETHING.

This book examines the state of America's traditional values and the shifts in social attitudes and beliefs.

A collection of essays present opposing viewpoints on science and religion, origins of the universe and life, and if science should be influenced by religion.

Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee recalls his campaign to secure the Republican nomination for president in 2008, and explains why he believes his back-to-basics message drew such a following throughout the country.

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.