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020			_a9781682618219 _cRM 136.90 _qhardback
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100	1		_aMetzler, Christopher J. _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aDIVIDED WE STAND : _bTHE SEARCH FOR AMERICA'S SOUL / _cDR. CHRISTOPHER J. METZLER
264		1	_aNew York : _bPOST HILL PRESS, _c2019.
264		4	_c©2019.
300			_a209 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_2rdacontent _atext
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume
500			_a"Busy hands = happy brain!" -- Cover.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505			_a The panic button : facing America's biggest fears -- Political correctness : a stain on America's soul -- Fake new, fake facts : truth is a casualty of war in today's America -- Same color, different class : White liberals and the hillbilly class -- How the swamp in undermining the republic one bite at a time -- American education : no reform, just entrenchment -- White Supremacy and Black Lives : never the two shall meed -- Originalism : the battle hymn of the republic -- Criminal justice reform : the long road to finding America's soul -- The 2020 election : soul healer or soul stopper? -- Afterword.
520			_a"The U.S. lauds itself as a land of opportunity for both citizens and immigrants, but the country now faces a rash of issues and policies that have sharply divided us. If we do not address them, we face chaos ... both domestically and globally. With the election of Donald J. Trump to President in 2016, Middle America and conservatives rejoiced. Meanwhile many liberals melted down, not comprehending that a divided America did not start with President Trump. In actuality, the division was instigated by a left turn in politics enshrined in the courts, including unions which propped up the liberal agenda; a corrupt and incompetent Washington D.C.; an overall disgust with lawmakers; a failed education system; class warfare championed by liberal whites; a news media that believed its job was to tell us what to think; failed economic policies; rampant unemployment; the use of race as a weapon; a contempt displayed by liberal elites; and an out of control immigration system, where the "rights" of illegal immigrants were placed above Americans' rights and foreign policies. But despite the mounting evidence, naysayers still fail to admit that the current state of division is, in part, because of the failed policies of the left. In the 1960s, America embraced a sharp turn to the political left. Those policies included an overly-broad view of illegal immigration, unlimited entitlement, federal control of the education system, welfare as a handout and not a hand-up, an attempt to assure government control of healthcare, a collegiate system that has systematically silenced conservative voices, a federal government that gets in the way of providing solutions rather than solves issues, and a judiciary that makes law rather than interpret law. This book debunks the opinions behind these myths, allowing readers to make their own decisions about both the cause of these problems and the potential solutions."--Publisher's website.
650	1	0	_aRight and left (Political science)
651			_aUnited States _xHistory _y21st century.
651			_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _y21st century.
651			_aUnited States _xSocial conditions _y21st century.
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