America in Crisis is Jim Bohannon's challenge to us to think "outside the lines". With a characteristic logic, reasonableness-and a good dose of humor-that have made him one of the most respected news-talk radio hosts in the nation, Bohannon offers practical solutions we can use now that can guide us back toward our true greatness as a nation "of the people, for the people, by the people."
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It's not JUST the economy, stupid!
The U.S. appears to be in a terrific economic boom. It leads the world in science and technology as the new millennium gets under way...but talk show host Jim Bohannon sees a crisis in America that isn't going to be solved by marketplace successes.
This nation is plagued by rampant drug abuse, shattered families, and a foundering education system that has failed to instill essential American values in generation after generation of our future leaders.
Mind numbing violent crime is trumpeted by an exploitative media; and flawed politicians are for sale to the highest bidder, whether a corporation-or a foreign power.
Most of are so caught up in our daily struggle to make ends meet that we find it hard enough to maintain a semblance of personal and familial balance, let alone turn our efforts towards society's ills. Too, the issues afflicting the nation seem almost beyond the power of ordinary people to affect.
But this nation still belongs to its citizens. That's us, and Bohannon believes that, under the framework laid out by our Founding Fathers, we can and must face these issues.
America In Crisis examines:
* Failed marriages, fractured families, and their implications in all areas of life, including the preoccupation with selfishness so prevalent today
* Our national obsession with materialism and the acquisition of money, to the detriment of personal well being and social responsibility
* Our pervasive apathy about government and those in power who directly effect our lives
* The media's perverse sensationalism, the failed "war on drugs" and many other issues with a direct negative influence on our lives
From the Back Cover
AMERICA IN CRISIS
Despite a healthy economy, if you take an honest look at America you will see many persistent and disturbing challenges. There is evidence that all our effort to be foremost in business, technology, and science, has left the fiber of the American society in near shambles. It's time to make a change.
AMERICA IN CRISIS examines:
* Why the nation has become morally and socially bankrupt, and how to turn things around
* Why the grand American democratic ideal is coming apart, and what it will take to overcome the apathy
* How does the future of America look if things continue the way they are?
* How does America influence the rest of the world, and what can be done to change the hostility?
Sometimes controversial, always readable, join Jim for a hard look at this nation of ours.
"Jim Bohannon talks the talk straight and punchy. 'America in Crisis' zips along at a brisk pace, illuminating our problems and then providing solutions. Like Jim's radio program, the book will keep you up nights." - Bill O'Reilly, host of Fox's The O'Reilly Factor
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Jimbo's first book,
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This review is from: America in Crisis: Making Things Right in a Nation Gone Wrong (Hardcover)
I am not a person who likes to read or who takes a negative attitude in life.I found Jim's book to be interesting, truthful, and difficult to put down. His thoughts and ideas are correct. Our country needs to return to the family structure that we enjoyed 50 years ago. Our society has decayed, and Jim explores these reasons in his first book. This book was easy to read and Jim's wit and wisdom show thru in his writing. I would give this a "must read" for anyone. I also enjoy his radio show.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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On Target Observations and Intelligent Solutions,
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This review is from: America in Crisis: Making Things Right in a Nation Gone Wrong (Hardcover)
Going to a seasoned expert in the media for perspectives and opinions can mean that the "media mouth" is a devout right or left winger. A good, hard driving, well-centered moderate man is hard to find! Take heart! Bohannon's book is the moderate voice who loves his country and wants it to achieve its promise and embrace the ideals that truly did and can once again revive our "moral center." Bohannon's breadth and depth of history is evident. If a reader is interested in a moderate's sensible perspectives, then Jim Bohannon's America in Crisis is worth the "dime" and time spent on this book. Jim has a large national following for his week night program. His callers appreciate his wit, incisive thinking, and his professional standards in taking the "spins" off of the current topics and really getting to the truth. Just as with his listening audience, Jim Bohannon's readers will be invigorated with his insight and solutions to America's problems in his "Twelve Step Program for America" chapter. Bohannon's book certainly has no "obfuscations." You will understand, know, and actually remember what you have read in his book when you finish this fast but very full "read." He communicates in a clean, no-nonsense style and with rich humor. I was impressed with his down-to-earth, conversational prose--available prose. There is so much right thinking in this book that I found my head moving in agreement and interspersing a few "amens" and "That's exactly how I think, too." I purchased four copies to give as gifts. That should be enough of a testimony as to my enthusiastic recommendation of America in Crisis--readable, enjoyable, believable.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Jim Bohannon on target when he notes that things are in shambles and Uncle Sam must step up.,
This review is from: America in Crisis: Making Things Right in a Nation Gone Wrong (Hardcover)
Jim Bohannon indicates in his writing that he has a handle on things gone wrong in America that our so called leaders do not have. He discusses our educational system, how justice is for sale and politics has become a dirty word. He notes our "streets are awash with illegal drugs, special interests seem to dominate every public debate" and how Uncle Sam is going to have to step up and correct some of these problems to eliminate the crisis in America. He is right on target as to not just what is wrong, but what must be done to make things better. Any reader interested in the direction America is going would be enlightnened by this book.
Norman Jones, Ed. D. author of Main St. vs. Wall St: Wake-up Calls for America's Leaders
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