What Works: Common Sense Solutions for a Stronger America

by Cal Thomas, Sean Hannity (Foreword by)

Overview

Solutions … not theories.

Political progress … not political posturing.

Instead of the constant jockeying for political advantage, in What Works, author and columnist Cal Thomas focuses on what promotes the general welfare, regardless of which party or ideology gets the credit.

Thomas probes and provides answers to questions like, Why must we constantly fight the same battles over and over? Why don’t we consult the past and use common sense in order to see that what others discovered long ago still works today? And why does present-day Washington too often look like the film Groundhog Day, with our elected officials waking up each day only to repeat identical talking points from previous days, months, and years?

Without letting politics, or ignorance, get in the way, Thomas urges readers to pay attention so that politicians can no longer pick their pockets—literally or intellectually.

What Works is about solutions, not theories. It’s about pressuring political leadership to forget about the next election and start focusing on the needs of the people who work hard to provide for themselves, send their tax dollars to Washington, and want to see the country achieve something of value … like it has always done.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780310339489
Publisher:	Zondervan
Publication date:	04/01/2014
Sold by:	HarperCollins Publishing
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	800 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Cal Thomas is one of the most widely syndicated columnists in America. His fifty-year journalism career includes anchoring and reporting for KPRC-TV in Houston, NBC News in Washington, Fox News Channel and other outlets. For ten years he co-wrote the Common Ground column for USA Today with his colleague, Bob Beckel. A native of Washington, D.C. and graduate of American University, Thomas is married to Christie Jean ("CJ"). The couple live in Key Largo, Florida. Visit calthomas.com.

Table of Contents

Foreword Sean Hannity 9

Acknowledgments 11

Introduction 13

Part 1 Consult the Past and Use Common Sense

1 What Works: Going Forward 21

2 What Works: Overcoming 34

3 What Works: Worldviews 55

4 What Works: Two Kingdoms 67

5 What Works: Sex 83

Part 2 Concentrate on People, Not Politics

6 What Works: The Economy 95

7 What Works: Government 105

8 What Works: Care versus Cure 116

9 What Works: State Initiatives 133

10 What Works: The Family 145

Part 3 We Can Solve Our Problems

11 What Works: Crime and Violence 161

12 What (Doesn't) Work: Hate Mail 170

13 What Works: Everything Old Is New Again 177

14 What Works: We Can Solve Our Problems 188

Part 4 What Will Work

15 What Will Work: Global Power and the Position of the USA 197

16 What Will Work: A Microcosm of America 207

Permissions Credits 215

Notes 217