Basic Economics by Thomas Sowell
Civilization and Its Enemies : The Next Stage of History by Lee Harris
Silent America by Bill Whittle
Good books- agrees with what I read.
The Harris book flat out blew me away.
Now go and get Between War and Peace by VDH (I suspect that you are familiar with those initials.)
Compare and contrast with Harris.
:^)
Follow that up with Shadow War, by Richard Miniter.
My neignbor across the street is a twenty-year refugee from Iraq and we frequently discuss politics. I loaned him this one and he recently waved me down just so he could tell me that it was an excellent book.
I'd kill to be able to hear a two-hour roundtable discussion between Harris, VDH and Miniter.
Anything Thomas Sowell writes is excellent.
You may have to put it down and ruminate every twenty pages or so, but I still think he's the smartest man in America today.
VDH and Harris give him a run for his money, but Sowell still comes out on top.
ANYTHING by Dinesh D'Souza.
He has a knack of taking very highly emotionally charged issues and dispassionately analyzing the underpinnings of each side's arguments.
Which is why liberals hate him so intensely.
I may un-database my booklist and post it. I haven't read everything on it, but it guarantees that I can always find something to read in the used bookstore.