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Dora And worldpollination — I'm quite behind on book reviews. It's been too long since I've read this book to write a decent summary or review. Over time, our memories of content and reactions to events fade, while we tend to retain our memories of our emotions during the events. The emotion from reading this book that I remember is "guh." I was hoping to be educated on foreign policy issues. I was hoping that perhaps the author was going to take a look at the policies and actions of America and other western nations which have led to the continued impoverishment of developing countries. Instead, I got a lecture about how America has lost its morals, and that our loose value system is causing all of our problems today. The answer to "Why the Rest Hates the West" is that, apparently, we are scumbags who have no morals. It was better when we hypocritically professed to be upright, while sneaking around behind closed doors; but now we have no shame about our indiscretions, and therefore the world (read: the Islamic block) hates us. I remember being shocked on page 60 when the author comes out with his first usage of the word "we," referring to Christians. Until then I had let the book take on an academic tone, though I suspected the author's conservative leanings. But it was very strange to be switched into a conservative Christian audience halfway through the book without warning. The book jacket, endorsements, subtitle, none of it pointed in that direction. The author introduced me to the conservative position of trying to return to a "society of responsibility" instead of living in a "society of rights." According to the author, civilization's downfall started when we started emphasizing human rights instead of our responsibility to be good and humble citizens. I understand the author's frustrations, somewhat, and I appreciate him laying out his positions. But I don't think I can call myself a Christian and abandon the concept of human rights. If I am to see Christ in everyone, if I am to love my enemies, then I must remember to treat them with dignity. Maybe human rights isn't the best phrase. Perhaps everyone is in urgent need of divine grace, and it is my responsibility to provide everyone with as much grace as I have been given. I don't normally stop a reading book in the middle. I feel bothered if I leave it unread, as if I don't deserve to actually put that book on my bookshelf. But halfway through I felt I just couldn't take too much more of this book. I skimmed through the end and felt comfortable knowing that the author didn't have too much else to say. Any book I can't finish gets the rare one star rating. Review originally published on my blog: http://mrsundquist.blogspot.com/2011/...

Claudia Nolasco cnolascode1bb9 — Sigh. Frankly, I don't give a damn.