The Death of Liberalism

R Emmett Tyrrell

ISBN 10: 1595554882 / ISBN 13: 9781595554888

Published by Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2012

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America's founders risked their lives to give us a republic -- and dared us to keep it. But for more than a century, an insidious force has done its worst to rip the republic asunder: a movement of elites, academes, and politicians bent on reshaping the nation in the image of Marx, Rousseau, and -- somewhat comically -- Mussolini.The good news for the United States? Despite its appearance, the movement, Liberalism, is by all rights dead.In this lively obituary, R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., founder and editor-in-chief of the American Spectator, chronicles: - the differences between healthy, classical liberalism and twisted, modern Liberalism- the noxious fumes of Kultursmog, a pollution of our culture marked by Liberal deceits, distortions, and the suppression of all disagreement- the civil wars that gave birth to two competing Liberal camps -- infantile leftists and stealth socialists -- and the death throes that have engulfed them both- how harsh economic realities and Liberal overreach have turned the tide back toward common sense and founding principlesWhile Liberalism is effectively kaput, it is up to an engaged citizenry to hammer home the final coffin nails. The citizenry must affirm timeless republican values and constitutional ideals -- in our neighborhoods, workplaces, ballparks, and especially at the ballot box -- to ensure that this destructive movement rests in as much peace as it deserves.No columnist, no author, has had a greater influence upon the course of American political history over the past decade than that ribald contrarian, R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. Even the slain giants die laughing. - Tom Wolfe, author of I Am Charlotte Simmons and A Man in Full.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Death of Liberalism
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson Publishers
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1595554882
• ISBN 13: 9781595554888
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

The grave is dug, the headstone carved, the hearse idling out front. A once-potent political and cultural scourge of our time, Liberalism, is breathing its last?and loudest?breaths.

In this provocative postmortem, R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. traces the dubious rise and inevitable fall of the deeply flawed Liberal-Progressive movement, which has culminated in the nation's first stealth socialist, President Barack Obama?the unwitting pallbearer for American Liberalism. While exposing this nonsensical worldview, Tyrrell also winsomely reaffirms the timeless values Liberalism has endeavored to undermine: free enterprise, personal liberty, limited government, empiricism, reason, and common sense. Ultimately, Tyrrell welcomes conservatives, moderates, independents, and the heretofore apolitical to step forward at this crucial juncture, and take the final steps necessary to administer Liberalism's last rites.

 "From Harry Truman to Ed Koch to McGovern, Liberalism has been in decline. With Obama, Liberalism is dead. Now comes Crony Capitalism. This is a hilarious and profound book?especially because Tyrrell sees the value of Fox News nd Talk Radio." ?Sean Hannity, author of Conservative Victory, and radio host of The Sean Hannity Show and Fox News Channel's Hannity.

"R. Emmett Tyrrell . . . chronicles with growing joyfulness the high points of Liberalism's demise until we get to 2010 and Liberalism's lurch into the grave. . . A wonderful read and a fitting send-off to a very dreary ideology." ?Mark Levin, host of The Mark Levin Radio Show and author of the bestsellers Liberty and Tyranny and Ameritopia

"The Death of Liberalism is a dashing, sharp, well-argued and succinct tract for the times. Mr. Tyrrell is a controversialist of stature, a polemicist of robust energy and a man who knows how to present his case with power and precision."?Paul Johnson, author of Modern Times, Intellectuals, and A History of the American People

About the Author

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. is founder and editor-in-chief of the famous and feared American Spectator, a political and cultural monthly, which has been published since 1967. He is the author of twelve books, including the New York Times best-selling Boy Clinton: The Political Biography. Tyrrell’s nationally syndicated column is published weekly in such papers as the New York Post, Los Angeles Times, Arizona Republic, Washington Times, and Washington Examiner. In addition, his writings have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Harper’s, New York Times, National Review, New York Magazine, and the Spectator of London.