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Militias / by Berlatsky, Noah.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-219) and index.Are militias dangerous? The militia movement is dangerous / Abraham H. Foxman -- The danger posed by militias is exaggerated / Todd A. Heywood -- The militia movement has become racist / Larry Keller -- The militia movement's racism is a leftist fabrication / Bruce McQuain -- The government is right to monitor the threat posed by some militias / Eileen Pollack -- The government has overstated the militia threat / Jesse Walker -- What groups are linked to the militia movement? The Tea Party is linked to the militia movement / Gaiutra Bahadur -- The Tea Party is not linked to the militia movement / John Rossomando -- The militia movement has Libertarian roots / Robert H. Churchill -- Linking Libertarians to extremist militias is dangerous / Steve Newton -- The NRA's link to the militia movement is dangerous / Dennis A. Henigan -- The only "link" between the NRA and militias is respect for the Second Amendment / Kurt Hofmann -- How is the militia movement related to constitutional militias? The Second Amendment applies to militias, not individuals / Robert J. Spitzer -- The Second Amendment applies to individuals, not militias / Antonin Scalia -- The Second Amendment guaranteed a civic right to be part of the state militia / Saul Cornell -- The National Guard is a Constitutional militia / Army National Guard -- State defense forces are vital Constitutional militias / James Carafano and Jessica Zuckerman -- State defense forces are unnecessary and can be dangerous / Judy L. Thomas -- What is the relationship between Christianity and militias? The militia movement is linked to Christian extremism / Sarah Posner and Julie Ingersoll -- Extremist militias do not represent Christianity / Artemis Gordon Glidden -- Extremist Christian militias demonstrate the dangers of religious belief / CJ Werleman -- Attacks on militias show anti-Christian bias / James Sanchez -- The treatment of militias demonstrates a pro-Christian bias / Hesham A. Hassaballa -- The "secular militia" is more dangerous than any Christian militia / Dave Daubenmire.
Subjects: Militia movements; Radicalism; Government, Resistance to; Right-wing extremists;
© c2012., Greenhaven Press,
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American amnesia : how the war on government led us to forget what made America prosper / by Hacker, Jacob S.; Pierson, Paul,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-434) and index.Introduction : prosperity lost -- Coming up short -- The great divide -- The trouble with markets -- How America got rich -- "An established and useful reality" -- American amnesia -- We're not in Camelot anymore -- This is not your father's party -- The modern robber barons -- A crisis of authority -- Conclusion : the positive-sum society.In the past, government and business were as much partners as rivals, resulting in broad-based growth and healthy social development. But advocates of anti-government market fundamentalism are intent on scrapping the instrument of nearly a century of unprecedented economic and social progress. Hacker and Pierson examine why what's good for American business elites and what's good for Americans have become misaligned.
Subjects: Government, Resistance to;
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Veiled courage : inside the Afghan women's resistance / by Benard, Cheryl,1953-; Schlaffer, Edit,1950-;
Men, boys and dust -- Petal and the rock: Meena -- Work of RAWA -- "I can be a sword": life in the underground -- Shahla in November -- Books and flowers -- RAWA and the men's questions -- Boxing with Hashemi -- RAWA and postmodern politics -- No place at the men's table -- Gender apartheid and the political order.
Subjects: Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan.; Women; Women; Women in Islam; Government, Resistance to;
© c2002., Broadway Books,
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Violent London : 2000 years of riots, rebels, and revolts / by Bloom, Clive.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 549-564) and index.
Subjects: Riots; Violence; Insurgency; Revolutions; Political violence; Government, Resistance to;
© 2003., Sidgwick & Jackson,
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Rising plague : the global threat from deadly bacteria and our dwindling arsenal to fight them / by Spellberg, Brad.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-255) and index.Hard lessons learned from Mrs. C -- Infections, antibiotics, and antibiotic resistance -- Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus: deadly antibiotic resistant bacteria escape the hospital -- Beyond MRSA: infections resistant to virtually all antibiotics -- Lack of antibiotic development -- The war against microbes? -- Forget pharmaceutical companies, the government can create new antibiotics. Not! -- "Toxic pharmaceutical politics" and finger pointing -- So what will work? -- What can you do to help? -- Consequences and conclusions."In Rising Plague, Dr. Brad Spellberg?an infectious diseases specialist and member of a national task force charged with attacking antibiotic resistant infections?tells the story of this potentially grave public health crisis. The author shares true and very moving patient stories to emphasize the terrible frustration he and his colleagues have experienced while attempting to treat untreatable infections, not to mention the heart-break and tragedy that many of these patients? families had to endure" -- inside cover.
Subjects: Drug resistance in microorganisms.; Drug Resistance, Bacterial.;
© 2009., Prometheus Books,
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A spy's guide to seduction / [electronic resource]. by Moore, Kate.;
When her desperate mother sends her The Husband Hunter's Guide to London, outspoken Emily Radstock rails against the slim book of manners, boldly declaring that she should wed the first "imbecile" she meets and be done with the matter. Too bad Sir Ajax Lynley overhears her outrageous proposal and holds her to it. But he's no dullard—he's a wily government agent who needs the cover of a beautiful fiancé to pursue a deadly enemy. To resist his charms, Emily turns to the guide she disdains—and does exactly the opposite. Dress fashionably? She enshrouds herself in black crepe. Be demure? She steps into danger and faces down criminals alongside her "intended" . . . whose thrilling seduction may be anything but a charade.Electronic reproduction.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Fiction.; Historical Fiction.; Literature.; Romance.;
© 2019.,
On-line resources: http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=130119&titleID=4288187 -- Click to access digital title in OverDrive.;
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We need to talk about inflation : 14 urgent lessons from the last 2,000 years / by King, Stephen D.,1963-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.1. The resurrection of inflation -- 2. A history of inflation, money and ideas -- 3. The inflationary role of governments -- 4. The case for resisting inflationary temptations -- 5. How to get rid of inflation ... and how not to -- 6. Four inflationary tests -- 7. Lessons, warnings and possible next steps."From investors and monetary authorities to governments and policy makers, almost everyone had assumed inflation was dead and buried. But now people the world over are confronting a poisonous new economic reality and, with it, the prospect of vast and increasing wealth inequality. How have we arrived in this situation? And what, if anything, can we do about it? Celebrated economist Stephen D. King--one of the few to warn ahead of time about the latest inflationary upheaval--identifies key lessons from the history of inflation that policy makers chose not to heed. From ancient Rome through the American Civil War and up to the asset bubbles of today, inflation stems from policy error, sovereign greed, and a collective loss of faith in currencies. We Need to Talk About Inflation cuts through centuries of bad judgment and misunderstanding, offering a means to intervene now--so we can begin to tackle the political and social upheaval unleashed by inflation."--Amazon
Subjects: Inflation (Finance); Inflation (Finance);
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Is shame necessary? : new uses for an old tool / by Jacquet, Jennifer.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-202) and index.Shame explained -- Guilt's ascendancy -- The limits to guilt -- Bad apples -- How norms become normal -- The 7 habits of highly effective shaming -- The scarlet Internet -- Shaming in the attention economy -- Reactions to shaming -- The sweet spot of shame -- Appendix : shame totem v. 2.1. Presents a "case for public shaming as a nonviolent form of resistance that can challenge corporations and even governments to change policies and behaviors that are detrimental to the environment. Jennifer Jacquet argues that public shaming, when it has been retrofitted for the age of social media and aimed in the proper direction, can help compensate for the limitations of guilt in a globalized world. Jacquet leaves us with a new understanding of how public shame, when applied in the right way and at the right time, has the capacity to keep us from failing other species in life's fabric and, ultimately, from failing ourselves"--Amazon.com.
Subjects: Shame.; Guilt.; Human behavior.;
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The battle to stay in America : immigration's hidden front line / by Kagan, Michael,J.D.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-195) and index."The Battle to Stay in America is the story of a community learning to defend itself from the U.S. federal government's crackdown on immigrants. Told through the eyes of a lawyer on the front line, the book offers an introduction to a broken legal system"--Preface: A note about word choice -- Part I: The targets. The graveyards of Nevada -- Plan B -- The cleaners -- Part II: The attack. The unaccompanied -- Two arrests -- Psychological warfare -- Part III: The defense. How to talk to your neighbors about immigration -- The strip mall resistance -- Dirty immigration lawyers -- The coming battle.
Subjects: Emigration and immigration law; Immigration enforcement; Immigrants; Immigrants; Immigration lawyers;
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The 1970s : a new global history from civil rights to economic inequality / by Borstelmann, Thomas.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Crosscurrents of crisis in 1970s America : trouble abroad, corruption at home, conservatism and the distrust of government, economic insecurity, turning inward -- The rising tide of equality and democratic reform : women in the public sphere, women in the private sphere, the many frontiers of equality, political reform, resistance -- The spread of market values : a sea change of principles, the economy goes south, globalization's gathering speed, from citizenship to deregulation, market solutions for every problem, a freer market, a coarser culture -- The retreat of empires and the global advance of the market : the emergence of human rights, European empires and Southern Africa, the Soviet Empire, the American empire, the Israeli exception, the retreat of the state, China and the hollowing out of socialism -- Resistance to the new hyper-individualism : the environmentalist challenge, religious resurgence at home, religious resurgence in Israel, religious resurgence in the Muslim world, Jimmy Carter as a man of his times -- More and less equal since the 1970s : evidence to the contrary, inclusiveness ascending, markets persisting, unrestrained consumption, inequality rising."The 1970s looks at an iconic decade when the cultural left and economic right came to the fore in American society and the world at large. While many have seen the 1970s as simply a period of failures epitomized by Watergate, inflation, the oil crisis, global unrest, and disillusionment with military efforts in Vietnam, Thomas Borstelmann creates a new framework for understanding the period and its legacy. He demonstrates how the 1970s increased social inclusiveness and, at the same time, encouraged commitments to the free market and wariness of government. As a result, American culture and much of the rest of the world became more--and less--equal."--Book jacket flap.
Subjects: Equality; Nineteen seventies.;
© c2012., Princeton University Press,
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