Liberty Reborn

A reader writes:
Q: I’m looking to buy some books to start a reference library with a conservative view point for my niece who is getting ready to graduate high school. Can you recommend any that you think would be good for her moving on to college? - John

A: I could recommend thousands but a short list would include:

Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature (17th Edition)
The Debate on the Constitution : Federalist and Antifederalist Speeches, Articles, and Letters During the Struggle over Ratification : Part One, September 1787-February 1788 (Library of America)
The Quotable Jefferson
Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning
The Way Things Ought to Be
See, I Told You So
Atlas Shrugged: 35th Anniversary Edition
The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming (and Environmentalism)
Constitutional Chaos: What Happens When the Government Breaks Its Own Laws
The Constitution in Exile: How the Federal Government Has Seized Power by Rewriting the Supreme Law of the Land

Those would be a start.

I would, and this is serious, also make sure to include books about what the left believes (and by their own hand) as well including:
Mein Kampf Complete and Unabridged
The Communist Manifesto (Penguin Classics)
An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It

Don’t worry about her getting too many ideas from these books. When compared to those in the first list she will see the hate, vitriol and disdain for liberty clearly on display in them. But it is important that she be educated on what the left will be promoting.

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