Right Is Wrong
Subtitle: How the Lunatic Fringe Hijacked America, Shredded the Constitution, and Made Us All Less Safe
By: Arianna Huffington.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780307269669
Subjects: Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ); Republican Party (U.S.); Conservatism -- United States.; Conservatism -- United States.; United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009.; United States -- Politics and government.
Description: Arguing that the Republican Party is promoting an agenda at odds with the views of the majority of the American people, the author tackles key issues for the 2008 presidential election and calls for the establishment of a new, progressive national agenda.
Table of contents: title: 1. The; title: right goes wrong -- -- 2. The; title: media : equal time for lies -- -- 3. The; title: media : snoozers, losers, and the honor roll -- -- 4.; title: Dim bulbs : congress's low-wattage energy bill -- -- 5. The; title: right's war on science -- -- 6.; title: Iraq : the beginning of a war without end -- -- 7.; title: Iraq : the long hard slog gets longer and sloggier -- -- 8.; title: Iraq : Petraeus ex machina -- -- 9.; title: Casualties of war : neglecting Afghanistan, empowering Iran -- -- 10.; title: Torture : America loses the moral high ground -- -- 11.; title: Xenophobia 2.0 : the immigration fixation -- -- 12. The; title: right's recession -- -- 13.; title: Sick, sick, sick : the right's unhealthy approach to health care -- -- 14.; title: God, buns, and the right's new democracy -- -- 15.; title: John McCain : hijacked by the right --; title: Righting the wrongs of the right --; title: Source notes --; title: Acknowledgments --; title: Index.