Liberal Science

When looking at the statistics, as of the time of writing, it has been estimated that around 270 to 310 million firearms are in circulation within the US alone, with at least one firearm in 37% to 42% of American households. These are important numbers because out of the legal law-abiding gun owners in that percentile, more than 97% of those citizens do not commit gun related crimes.

In Red, White & Liberal, Alan Colmes addresses a fundamental question: In this time of uncertainty, how can we protect our freedom without diminishing our liberties, while burnishing our rightful place as the world's beacon of democracy? Colmes urges Americans to see past the tactics of the vocal Right and to combat the problems that threaten our liberties, including the government's manipulation of the "war on terror" to silence critics and expand its powers to frightening proportions.

American liberals often look back to the New Deal era in American history as some idealized period and given today’s economic predicament of income inequality and globalization, infer that the New Deal period is a model that could be followed in order to solve America’s current economic problems. But this view hides the fact that the New Deal era was not addressing many of its current economic problems, many that remain unsolved even today in late 2018.

Eric Alterman confronts the question of liberal bias and provides a sharp and utterly convincing assessment of the realities of political bias in the news. The real story is not whether this newspaper, or that news anchor, is biased but rather what extent the entire news industry is organized to communicate conservative views and push our politics to the right.

Before she was an author of paranormal romance and urban fantasy novels, N. D. Jones was an educator. In her essay, she reflects on her 20-plus years as an educator in a field where most public school teachers and administrators are middle-class White women responsible for the academic future of more than 20 million students of color. Jones’ insights come from her years of facilitating cultural proficiency professional development for employees in a White-dominated public school system where all is supposed to mean all, yet racial inequity and disproportionality persist.

In Economic Conservative/Social Liberal, Bragg offers a plan for fixing the dire problems our country currently faces. Written to engage, educate, and inspire further discussion, the book is intended for any listener interested in gaining greater political and economic understanding for challenging the status quo. Although it is bound to boil the blood of the left and the right, it will make perfect sense to many of the independent voters who will decide the next election.

Tired of being in social situations and ambushed by liberals who just won't let it go? How do you go to important family functions, prepared for the onslaught of jabs, jokes, and insults based on your deeply held conservative political beliefs?

In her playfully witty debut, satirist Esther McBee lists the ways that she and her fellow liberal friends believe they should act... versus how they actually do. "Live Liberally" provides 101 tongue-in-cheek tips for how flawed left-wingers do–and don't–reduce their impact on the environment, promote equality, and raise a more woke generation.

This audiobook examines a common liberal misconception around the idea of economic inequality.