Right from the Heart The ABC's of Reality in America

by Valentine, Phil

• ISBN13: 9780425198575
• ISBN10: 042519857X
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-06-01
• Publisher: Berkley Trade

Summary

The coservative Nashville talk-show host shares his provocative thoughts and opinions on some of today's most controversial issues, including AIDS, abortion, illegal immigration, political correctness, racial quotas, and the Second Amendment. Reprint.

Author Biography

Phil Valentine is an award-winning radio talk-show host with eleven Achievement in Radio (AIR) awards in Nashville and Philadelphia. He also is the recipient of three prestigious New York Festivals International Radio Awards, including the Gold World Medal for Best Talk Show Host. In 2003 he was named one of the Heavy Hundred: The 100 Most Important Talk Show Hosts in America by Talkers magazine. In addition to his radio duties, Phil writes a weekly newspaper column on the hot issues of the day. He lives with his wife and three sons in Nashville, Tennessee

Table of Contents

Foreword	11	(4)
Acknowledgments	15	(2)
Introduction	17	(4)
AIDS has a cure. It's called abstinence.	21	(12)
When a Plague Was Really a Plague
The Heterosexual Myth
The Bug Chasers
What about Africa?
The Squeaky Wheel
BELIEF IN GOD is a cornerstone of our republic.	33	(8)
Original Intent
Other Jeffersonian Writings
The Separationists
Back to Basics
CHARACTER is the single most important attribute in a leader.	41	(10)
Compromising Position
A Sign of Things to Come
Looking for Mr. Milquetoast
Lack of Character Kills the Candidate
DRUG LEGALIZATION will cripple America.	51	(8)
Drugs vs. Alcohol
Legalization Won't Solve the Problem
The Solution
Law Enforcement Corruption
The Cost of Legalization
ENTREPRENEURS are our economic lifeblood and deserve every penny they make.	59	(8)
The Richest Man Enriched Us All
The Hypocrisy of Limousine Liberals
Good Ol' Yankee Ingenuity
The "Finite Money" Argument
FAMILIES are the basic building blocks of society.	67	(8)
Illegitimacy Is at the Heart of the Problem
The Sexual Revolution
Illegitimacy vs. Abortion
Uncle Sam Became Daddy Sam
GUNS are good.	75	(12)
Guns Save Lives
It's the Shooter, Stupid
An Armed Zone Is a Safe Zone
Take the Guns, Increase the Crime
Guns and Kids-The Myth
Important Enough to Make the Constitution
HYPHENATED LABELS are divisive and destructive.	87	(10)
Americans First
What Is a Black Leader?
Separated by a Hyphen
Hyphen Equals Victim
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION is dangerous to this country.	97	(8)
The Ignored Victims of Illegal Immigration
The New Conquest
Language Can Unite or Divide
So, What Do We Do?
JUNK SCIENCE is behind the global warming scare.	105	(10)
Global Cooling?
What's Really Behind the Global Warming Movement
If It Ain't One Thing
The Bottom Line on Global Warming
KILLING through partial-birth abortion is murder.	115	(8)
What Is Partial-Birth Abortion?
When Did They Come to Be?
Trying to Stop the Carnage
The Tide Is Turning
LIBERALISM is an ideology doomed to failure.	123	(12)
The Real Civil Rights Story
Labels Are Relative
Where Was the Outrage?
What Liberals Really Believe
MILITARY STRENGTH deters aggression.	135	(12)
Peace Through Strength
Our Founding Fathers on Strength
The Great Appeasers
The American Neville Chamberlain Society
NATIONAL SECURITY is the first responsibility of the federal government.	147	(8)
The Wrong Kind of Tolerance
Costing American Lives
Nukes, Nukes, Who Has the Nukes?
The Delicate Balance
OPPRESSION should not be fueled by American capitalism.	155	(12)
The Soviets Redux
Feeding the Beast
The Unholy Alliance
Taiwan-Where Will We Stand?
Capitalism's Mortal Enemy
Wretched Human Rights Record
POLITICAL CORRECTNESS is the liberal version of fascism.	167	(12)
Frank Sinatra, Chairperson of the Board
Gentlemen, Start Your
Native Americans
PC, B.S.
Politically Incorrect: The Ultimate Sin
Imitation Is the Most Sincere Form of...Racism?
Political Correctness: The Profile of a Killer
QUOTAS are wrong.	179	(12)
Where Did Quotas Come From?
In Quota Denial
Who's Harmed by Quotas
Color-blind Is Not the Goal
End It, Don't Mend It
REAGAN was right.	191	(12)
That Vision Thing
The Shaping of Reaganism
Reagan Governs
The Reagan Legacy
The Bear Takes a Direct Hit
Underestimate Him at Your Peril
SCHOOLS are best run by local people on the local level.	203	(10)
Are Public Schools Really that Bad?
Just Throw More Money
Does Size Matter?
School Choice Empowers the Poor
TAX RATES should be flat and fair.	213	(10)
Less Is More
Who Really Pays the Taxes?
What's Fair?
You Buy, You Pay
UNIONS have outlived their usefulness.	223	(12)
"It's My God-given Right"
Stay with Us, the Mediocre
Collective Extortion
Daddy, Don't You Work so Fast
Is It Love to Hate or Hate to Love?
You Got a Problem with That?
It's the Union Thugs, Not the Workers
VIGILANCE is the price of freedom.	235	(12)
The Obvious Threat to Freedom
The Enemy Within
The China Syndrome
The America-haters Among Us
Skewing the News to Tout Liberal Views
What Can We Concerned Citizens Do?
WELFARE robs people of their dignity and is the poison of capitalism.	247	(16)
It's a...Nutritional Program. Yeah, That's the Ticket.
Does Welfare Help Poverty?
Whose Responsibility Is It?
Homeless vs. Bums
Corporate Welfare
Welfare for the New Millennium
XENOPHOBIA is at the root of protectionism.	263	(8)
Value Drives the Market
Labor Pains
Are Foreigners Buying Up this Country?
Proceed with Caution
YOU AND YOU ALONE are ultimately responsible for your own destiny.	271	(6)
Big Tobacco Made Me Do It
Choose Your Crutch
Personal Irresponsibility Horror Stories
ZERO TOLERANCE is the only way to effectively deal with crime.	277	(8)
Boot Camps
What We Need Is a Singapore Cane
Crackin' the Whip in America
Enough Is Enough
Epilogue	285	(2)
Appendixes	287	(8)
Notes	295	(14)
Index	309