Do-Gooders How Liberals Hurt Those They Claim to Help (and the Rest ofUs)

by Charen, Mona

• ISBN13: 9781595230171
• ISBN10: 1595230173
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-04-04
• Publisher: Sentinel Trade

Summary

The New York Timesbestseller about the harm that liberal do-gooders have wrought on those they’ve tried for decades to help Liberals from Capitol Hill to Hollywood, from our major news organizations to our leading universities, are convinced that they know what’s best for America’s poor and middle class. And they are equally convinced that anyone who disagrees with them isn’t just wrong, but morally inferior, cold hearted . . . maybe even evil.But consider the mess liberals have made of education, race relations, crime, welfare, homelessness, and just about every other domestic issue over the past four decades. It’s a wonder they’re still so smug and self-righteous.Bestselling author and columnist Mona Charen now offers a comprehensive look at the damage caused by decades of well-intentioned liberal big-heartedness.” She shines the spotlight of truth on the nation’s best-known—and most dangerous—do-gooders, including Michael Moore, Susan Sarandon, Jesse Jackson, Al Franken, Maureen Dowd, Bill Moyers, Dan Rather, Katie Couric, Gloria Steinem, and Hillary Clinton.Mona Charen holds the do-gooders accountable for their bad ideas, and refuses to let them hide from the real world facts that disprove their naïve theories. Charen’s new book . . . comes at the perfect time. . . . Her book is not only an easy read, but her wit and humor make it truly enjoyable.” —Betsy Hart, Chicago Sun-Times The indispensable Mona Charen devotes her new book . . . to depicting the severe price that America has paid for past acts of ill-considered liberal beneficence. The array of facts Charen assembles, from crime to welfare to education, is daunting and definitive. . . . To read this excellent book is to receive a keen insight into why America has moved so far in the conservative direction in recent years.” —National Review Following up on her bestselling Useful Idiots, Charen seeks to debunk liberal discourse and unearth the facts that never make the New York Times.” —Christopher Benson, The Weekly Standard Anyone who does not understand the utter cynicism of politics does not understand politics. An education on that subject can be found in Mona Charen’s incisive new book, Do- Gooders.” —Thomas Sowell, Capitalism Magazine Do-Goodersabounds in powerful data.” —Front Page Magazine

Author Biography

MONA CHAREN-'s syndicated column appears in more than 200 newspapers nationwide. Her first book, Useful Idiots: How Liberals Got It Wrong in the Cold War and Still Blame America First,was an eight-week New York Times bestseller. She is a former speechwriter for Nancy Reagan and a former writer for National Review.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vi
Preface	xi
Introduction	xv
Chapter One JUDGE NOT—HOW LIBERALISM CREATED THE CRIME WAVE	1	(38)
Chapter Two STOKING FEAR AND HATRED IN THE NAME OF RACIAL SENSITIVITY	39	(48)
Chapter Three THE PROMISE OF COMPASSION; THE REALITY OF DEGRADATION THROUGH WELFARE	87	(34)
Chapter Four REWARDING THE WORST FAMILIES AND DISCOURAGING THE BEST	121	(42)
Chapter Five THE "GRATE" SOCIETY—HOW LIBERALISM CREATED HOMELESSNESS	163	(26)
Chapter Six THE LIBERAL WAR ON RIGOR AND PATRIOTISM IN AMERICA'S CLASSROOMS	189	(48)
Notes	237	(22)
Partial Bibliography	259	(2)
Index	261