The  things that matter most
By: Cal Thomas.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
Subjects: United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-; United States -- Social conditions -- 1960-1980.; United States -- Moral conditions.
Description: With a growing readership that is outpacing that of all other political columnists, Cal Thomas now turns his attention to the tragic consequences of misguided liberal thinking, laying out a damning indictment that will surely provoke a lively national debate.

The Things That Matter Most is for people who wonder why social problems don't seem to go away, no matter how much money we pour into them...who think that families do matter, that fidelity does count, that fighting for one's country is noble...who long for a sense of purpose more transcendent than collecting another paycheck.

With an objective, analytic eye, Thomas traces our current national malaise - rampant disease, crime, and despair - to the false promises of the sixties. Ironically, by topping all traditions; by declaring drugs and sex "in" and God "out"; by promulgating a credo of "it feels good, do it," the activists of that era triggered a process that produced the following: a widespread erosion of standards - most alarmingly in the area of education; a "can you top this" race to fill the media with ever cruder content; an explosive rise in sexual promiscuity and drug taking, leading to epidemic disease; the increasing rarity of the society-strengthening two-parent family; a spiritual vacuum that causes people to question why life is worth living; and a "Welfare Pentagon" whose enfeebling mantra is "you can't do it alone."
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Rush Limbaugh; title: Introduction; title: Prelude: "Don't stop thinking about tomorrow"; title: The promise of liberation from the traditional family; title: The promise of unrestrained expression; title: The promise of pharmaceutical enlightenment; title: The promise of sexual freedom; title: The promise of God's death; title: The promise to end poverty; title: The promise of preferential treatment for the young and the strong; title: The promise of progressive education; title: The promise that bigger government will do it all for you; title: Epilogue: Promises to keep