Glenn Beck, the New York Times bestselling author of The Great Reset, revisits Thomas Paine's Common Sense. In any era, great Americans inspire us to reach our full potential. They know with conviction what they believe within themselves. They understand that all actions have consequences. And they find commonsense solutions to the nation’s problems. One such American, Thomas Paine, was an ordinary man who changed the course of history by penning Common Sense, the concise 1776 masterpiece in which, through extraordinarily straightforward and indisputable arguments, he encouraged his fellow citizens to take control of America’s future—and, ultimately, her freedom. Nearly two and a half centuries later, those very freedoms once again hang in the balance. And now, Glenn Beck revisits Paine’s powerful treatise with one purpose: to galvanize Americans to see past government’s easy solutions, two-party monopoly, and illogical methods and take back our great country.

Powerful conservative media personality Glenn Beck came to lead his own multimillion-dollar media empire. Hosting programs on CNN and Fox News from 2006 to 2011, Beck later started his own television channel, TheBlaze TV. Subscriptions for the channel exceeded 300,000 in its first year of operation, earning Beck forty million dollars according to the Wall Street Journal. A prodigious author, Beck has topped the New York Times Best Seller List four times. This compelling volume offers a balanced view of this? ?often controversial figure in right-wing politics. Chapters discuss Beck's obscure childhood, his start in television and creating an on-air persona, and his ability to build a media empire.

During the Cold War it became a dirty word in the United States, but "socialism" runs like a red thread through the nation's history, an integral part of its political consciousness since the founding of the republic. In this unapologetic corrective to today's collective amnesia, John Nichols calls for the proud return of socialism in American life. He recalls the reforms lauded by Founding Father Tom Paine; the presence of Karl Marx's journalism in American letters; the left leanings of founders of the Republican Party; the socialist politics of Helen Keller; the progressive legacy of figures like Chaplin and Einstein. Now in an updated edition, The "S" Word makes a case for socialist ideas as an indispensable part of American heritage. A new final chapter considers the recent signs of a leftward sea change in American politics in the face of increasing and historic levels of inequality. Today, corporations-like other rich "individuals"-pay fewer taxes than they did in the 1950s, while our infrastructure crumbles and the seas rise. The "S" Wordaddresses a nation that can no longer afford to put capital before people.

From clones, family, abortion, terrorism, and the concept of the collective to economics, nuclear power, cap and trade, renewable energy, and the politics of climate change, Everest and Bedogne do something much needed and remarkably absent in today's media. They strip away the layers of liberal and conservative ideology to look at the most talked about topics of our time from the standpoint of what the politicians have forgotten--common sense. Brought to light by logic, history, and science, the book filters the issues that in today's world every citizen, student, and educator needs to understand through what we know to be sound--that which we have gained through our day-to-day trials--our all-too-often repressed ability to see things in a practical and matter-of-fact way.

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The real battle we are facing is with the laws of economics, and it’s a war we can’t win. We are on the verge of stamping out ourselves. #2 The laws of economics say that when expenses are higher than revenues for a prolonged period of time, there will be repercussions. #3 The past predicts the future. America’s past financial superpower status has gotten us into this position. #4 The United States is like Rome before its fall. Its financial condition is worse than advertised, and it has a broke business model. It faces deficits in its budgets, its balance of payments, and its savings.

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 The real battle we are facing is with the laws of economics, and it’s a war we can’t win. We are on the verge of stamping out ourselves. #2 The laws of economics say that when expenses are higher than revenues for a prolonged period of time, there will be repercussions. #3 The past predicts the future. America’s past financial superpower status has gotten us into this position. #4 The United States is like Rome before its fall. Its financial condition is worse than advertised, and it has a broke business model. It faces deficits in its budgets, its balance of payments, and its savings.

The Minds of Men, An American Intelligence Brief delves into the key points of history driving our economy, government expansion, war involvement, constitutional disharmony in lawmaking, the historical origins and intent of our several agencies of government (Federal Reserve, IRS, FBI, BATF, CIA) and their diabolical role in society. The Minds of Men reveals how foreign control over the creation and proliferation of money has dominated societies for centuries, especially in U.S. today.

'Embattled America' is a reinterpretation of conservative evangelical persecution claims. The centrality of such claims to American life is widely known. This book, however, argues against standard approaches to them. It interprets a range of controversial subjects and persons surrounding embattled religion, from the Obama-to-Trump era: Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, the Tea Party, Wallbuilders, anti-sharia legislation and birthers. The lesson of each episode is linked not to any iteration of religion but to a democratic fundament that is obscured in the obsession with controversial religion.--

We read God’s promises to Israel in the Old Testament where it is referred to as “the apple of His eye but is God done with Israel since they rejected their Messiah? Are we as Christians supposed to stand for the nation of Israel today? Has the Church now replaced Israel so that God’s promises and covenants given in the OT no longer apply to Israel? What is Israel’s global importance? Is global anti-Semitism on the rise? What will be Israel's ultimate future? According to an article in the Jerusalem Post of June 17 2011 Israel is at a "do-or-die moment." "As was the case in May 1967 when the combined Arab armies gathered with the express purpose of wiping the Jewish state off the map – today again Israel is alone in its hour of greatest peril." John Weldon is able to answer these questions and address the important issues of our day because of the extensive research he has done on Middle East and America. He shares what he has learned in this deeply thought-provoking book.

The term "culture wars" refers to the political and sociological polarisation that has characterised American society the past several decades. This new edition provides an enlightening and comprehensive A-to-Z ready reference, now with supporting primary documents, on major topics of contemporary importance for students, teachers, and the general reader. It aims to promote understanding and clarification on pertinent topics that too often are not adequately explained or discussed in a balanced context. With approximately 640 entries plus more than 120 primary documents supporting both sides of key issues, this is a unique and defining work, indispensable to informed discussions of the most timely and critical issues facing America today.