[conservatism_IS_compassion]

One thing I know for a fact by listening to her and seeing her face, she LOVES the U.S.!!!

. . . and I don't see how anyone can look at our current president, of all people - and say the same.

How sad is that!

It is perhaps too much to hope for that your mom's book would have the same impact, but the classic

The Road to Serfdom (Link to the Readers' Digest Condensed Version in PDF)

was written During WWII by F. A. Hayek, an immigrant to Britain who had become an English speaker during a year in the US.

[sauropod]

I’m rereading that one now.

[bootless]

Thank you so much - The Road to Serfdom is a must-read. It would be a blessing and an honor to be mentioned in the same sentence.

Yes, it is sad that we need to separate the government from the country.