Reality Check: The Unreported Good News About America

Reality Check: The Unreported Good News About America

by Dennis Keegan, David West
Reality Check: The Unreported Good News About America

Reality Check: The Unreported Good News About America

by Dennis Keegan, David West

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Overview

Streaming headlines, round-the-clock broadcasts—we live in a world of twenty-four hour news. But lately, most of what we read and hear is either negative, biased, or both. Cutting through the gloomy reports and liberal slant are Dennis Keegan and David West with their brand new book, Reality Check: The Unreported Good News About America. Contrary to what the cynical reporters and politicians say, Keegan and West prove that America is still a shining city on a hill, with a low unemployment rate, high GDP, and enviable democracy. These are not opinions, but facts—based on statistics that the media isn't reporting because of political agendas, industry competition, and limited resources. In Reality Check, Keegan and West cut through the bias and spin to reveal:
* How our twenty-four hour news culture gives us more inaccurate information, not less
* Why the U.S. economy is doing better than we realize
* Why the recent rhetoric and politics of change may do more harm than good

In this age of information saturation, the need to question and critically think about what we're reading and hearing is more important than ever. In Reality Check, Keegan and West show us how to be discerning consumers and why the news about America is much better than the media would have you believe.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781596985605
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Publication date: 07/29/2008
Pages: 245
Product dimensions: 6.20(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

The list of Regnery authors reads like a "who's who" of conservative thought, action, and history.

Table of Contents


Introduction: An American Success Story     xi
The Economy
An Economic Champion     1
Carrying the Tax Load     17
China in Perspective     25
Trade in Transition     39
Outsourcing Is Good for America     49
Understanding Inequality     55
The Dynamic Dollar     63
Foreign Affairs
Iraq for the Rational     73
Afghanistan: Showing the Way     101
Why Gasoline Prices Are Rising     109
A Scandal Not to Be Ignored     123
Progress on Nuclear Challenges     131
Domestic Issues
Rethinking Katrina     143
Social Security Sinking     159
Sub Prime Simplified     173
Health Care Reality     185
Nifty NAFTA     203
Wake Up America     213
Epilogue     221
Afterward     227
Endnotes     231
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