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Ah, to be back in college again, where humoristic and witty authors expand you knowledge and fill you punkin with idealistic drival. Kurt Vonnegut was a favorite of mine. "Slaughterhouse five" et al, enlightened my to the barbaric U.S.'s mauling of Dresden via fire bombing. The good old days went a war was a war. Ya, just cant get that kind of body counts like they used to. You know, back when the Democrats were a significant majority. When we were never told about the Kennedys and their mafia connections or the Democrats/Union and mafia connections. Staying ignorant simplifies the mind...makes ya feel better.

I don't let writers fill my head with 'idealistic drivel'. I see right through the heavy-handed attempts at liberal propoganda in so much sci-fi; that's why I say most new stuff is crap. Read Heinlein's early works (the juveniles) or Starship Troopers, Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Double Star, or The Door into Summer. Half the time he writers things you hear on this forum!

Today, there are few writers not pushing an 'agenda'. IMHO, Card and Willis are two of them. Jerry Pournelle also seems to be "one of us" and there's a guy named James Hogan who seems to be libertarian, but other than that you'll find shelves full of liberal ideas and theories.