On Looking Into the Abyss, by Gertrude Himmelfarb    Philosophical and literary criticism on postmodernism.  Clear and                    devastating of the bullshit of postmodernism's BS (Belief System), and speaking of...

On Bullshit, by Harry Frankfurt   NYT bestseller for many weeks now, real short, real fine essay on a particular form of                    dishonesty we all know when we see it, even if we can't define it.  Loved the last two pages!

Anti-Americanism, by Jean-Francois Revel   Just read this short book, if no other on this list...

Black Rednecks and White Liberals, by Thomas Sowell   On the history of certain cultures, from America's foremost black                    conservative and highly esteemed economist from Stanford.  Outstanding and mind-opening.

Our Culture, What's Left of It, by Theodore Dalrymple  Oh, the clearheaded joy of it!  Priceless!

Conflict in the Cosmos, by Simon Mitton  (bio of Fred Hoyle)  I knew the man who discovered nucleosynthesis was brilliant,                      but had no idea of the breadth of his accomplishments.  Insights into astronomy and scientific controversy. 

The Anti-Chomsky Reader, edited by David Horowitz and Peter Collier   Debunking essays by experts on the foremost liar  of our                      time. Includes two pieces on why his alleged linguistic brilliance as as phony as the rest of his execrable output.

Vietnam: The Necessary War,  by Michael Lind  Reassesses the realities and demolishes the myths about that dark time

Lincoln at Cooper Union, by Harold Holzer  Brilliant, about the greatest president and the speech that got him the gig.

Flags of our Fathers, by James Bradley, son of one of the famous Iwo Jima flag raisers.  For some silly reason, probably its                      popularity, I expected to not like this bestseller, but he had me crying from the Introduction.  Superbly written.