TY - BOOK AU - Sowell,Thomas TI - Dismantling America: and other controversial essays SN - 9780465022519 : AV - E839.5 .S635 2010 PY - 2010/// CY - New York PB - Basic Books KW - Political culture KW - United States KW - Social problems KW - Conservatism KW - Liberalism KW - Politics and government KW - Economic policy N1 - Government policies --Political issues -- Economic issues -- Cultural issues -- Legal issues -- Random thoughts N2 - "These wide-ranging essays--on many individual political, economic, cultural and legal issues--have as a recurring underlying theme the decline of the values and institutions that have sustained and advanced American society for more than two centuries...Whether these essays (originally published as syndicated newspaper columns) are individually about financial bailouts, illegal immigrants, gay marriage, national security, or the Duke University rape case, the underlying concern is about what these very different kinds of things say about the general direction of American society..."--Dust jacket flap ER -