Book Description

Foreword by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.
Editor in Chief, The American Spectator

Bob Barr (the man behind the so-called “vast right wing conspiracy") shares his judgment on the Clinton legacy. His new book clearly highlights the shocking depth of corruption that characterized Clinton’s administration. Proving his reputation as Clinton’s worst nightmare, Barr reveals previously unknown details of the impeachment process; describing how its scope was artificially limited and its progress politically undermined by both Democrats and Republicans.

Barr writes, “Looking back on the Clinton administration from the perspective of someone who was personally involved in investigating basically every public corruption case raised against Clinton, I am most amazed that the Monica Lewinsky case is ultimately what got the president impeached. This is not to say that lying under oath and obstructing justice are not impeachable charges or that the remedy we chose was inappropriate. However, these charges pale in comparison to the systematic damage Bill Clinton did to American national security, the office of the presidency, and the civil liberties of individual American citizens.”

The Meaning Of Is provides a starkly contrasting viewpoint on the record of the Clinton administration than found in President Clinton’s autobiography. These two books promise to ignite a fresh debate on the real legacy of the Clinton administration.

Barr writes, “Bill Clinton will go down in history as a failed president, because he had the intelligence and opportunity required for greatness, but suffered from fundamental character flaws… There is no core to Bill Clinton, no principle he will not sell out, no lie he will not tell, no rule he will not break, if he believes doing so will best serve his immediate interests.”

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Former congressman BOB BARR (R-GA) rose to national prominence by introducing to the House of Representatives the initial articles of impeachment of President Clinton. Bob Barr represented the 7th District of Georgia in the U. S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003, serving as a senior member of the Judiciary Committee. He helped lead some of the most important oversight hearings in the House, on the Judiciary Committee, as Vice-Chairman of the Government Reform Committee, and as an eight-year veteran of the Committee on Financial Services. Bob Barr occupies the 21st Century Liberties Chair for Freedom and Privacy at the American Conservative Union, and is a Member of the Long-Term Strategy Project for Preserving Security and Democratic Norms in the War on Terrorism, at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He also provides advice to several organizations, including consulting on privacy issues with the ACLU, and is a member of the Legal Advisory Board for Southeastern Legal Foundation.

Bob is a Contributing Editor for The American Spectator, has served as a commentator for CNN, and appears frequently as a guest on various television news and opinion shows. Bob is host of a weekly radio show on the Radio America network, broadcast in media markets across the country, titled “Bob Barr’s Laws of the Universe.” His writings have appeared in numerous academic, local, regional, and national publications, and he writes regularly for UPI and Creative Loafing. He currently serves Of Counsel with the Law Offices of Edwin Marger, with a national and international practice in both civil and criminal law. He is a board member with the National Rifle Association.

In On My Honor, Texas governor Rick Perry, through the legacy of the Boy Scouts of America, takes dead aim at the moral relativism of the secular humanist movement, indicting its corrosive impact on the culture.  Examining the left’s legal assaults on the Boy Scouts of America - which span more than 30 years - Perry offers prescient insight into the multi-faceted war, which pits the proponents of traditional American values against the radical leftist movement that seeks to tear down our social foundations.

On My Honor underscores the depth to which the culture warriors of the left will go to force their secular humanist minority view upon American society and revered American institutions.  It is a revealing look at a culture war that rages close to the surface of American life, and it is a must read for any American concerned that our society is slipping from the high moral ground of liberty to the valley of license.

Learn more at the On My Honor Website

About the Author

RICK PERRY, currently the governor of Texas, wrote On My Honor to shed a bright light on the culture battles the Boy Scouts face defending America’s values.  As an Eagle Scout and the proud father of an Eagle Scout, Perry has witnessed first hand the positive impact Scouting has had in the lives of countless Gov. Perry will sign book in Woodvillefamilies.  The onslaught by the secularists, lead by the ACLU, has been relentless and has long term negative ramifications for all Americans.  This is Governor Perry’s first book.  He resides in Austin with Anita, his wife of 25 years, and his daughter, Sydney.  His son, Griffin, lives and works in Dallas.  All net proceeds from this book go directly to the Boy Scouts of America.

The spirit of William Wilberforce, who worked to stop the transatlantic slave trade 200 years ago, is alive and active in all people whose faith complel their tireless efforts to transform their culture and build a better world.  Creating the Better Hour:  Lessons from William Wilberforce is not an ordinary study book.  It is a call to end ongoing human oppression and slavery.  The life of this great Christian parliamentarian and abolitionist is the starting point for a first-class group of contributors to show Wilberforce as a model for engaging modern culture.  Essays detail how people today can emulate his life, great persuasive techniques, and his Clapham Circle colleagues to bring about cultural change and end oppression.  Each chapter’s Extended Observation draws readers and study groups into transforming reflections and conversations--all designed to help people become a force for good and commit to a life on behalf of others.

Learn more at The Better Hour Website

About the Author

Chuck Stetson is a Managing Director of PEI Funds, a private equity firm based in New York.  He is a graduate of Yale University and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business.  He created the Doubleday Pocket Bible Guide and his book The British Abolitionists and Their Influence in America is due to be released in early 2008.  Mr. Stetson is also the Chairman of the Bible Literacy Project and co-author of the acclaimed public school textbook, The Bible and Its Influence.

A true story of the miraculous creation of a college in a remote mountain valley at the turn of the 19th century and the captivating characters who, with the grace of God, made it happen:

The Methodist circuit rider, still in his 20s, who came into the valley on a mule, bringing only a dream and the fierce faith of an Old Testament prophet.

The wise, resourceful, soft-spoken widow who breathed life into the infant school not once, but twice.

The wealthy Methodist layman whose generosity for Christian education was so great that his kin sued him because they felt left out.

The college president, a Shakespearean scholar, who was more at home on the farm with his britches rolled up and shirt tail flapping.

About the Author

After a lifetime of politics, teaching, speaking, and writing, including two New York Times Best Sellers, Zell Miller retired to his home in Brasstown Valley in the mountains of North Georgia, the setting of this, his seventh book.

In 1990, the United States Senate unanimously confirmed Judge Charles W. Pickering Sr. to a lifetime appointment on the federal district court. In 2001, President George W. Bush nominated
him to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Eleven years after his first federal nomination, a ferocious, highly partisan, bitter, and meanspirited confirmation fight (a product of the culture war raging in America) consumed Pickering’s life for almost four years.

This unprecedented battle for supremacy of the federal courts threatens the quality, independence, diversity, and integrity of the American judicial system, and wreaks havoc in the personal lives of judicial nominees. It erodes civility and collegiality in the Senate, creating roadblocks preventing senators from discharging their responsibilities to the American people. It reduces the number of qualified candidates willing to run the gauntlet of the confirmation process. The politicization of the judiciary threatens our democratic processes, our separation of powers, and the rule of law as envisioned by our founders.

A Price Too High, a follow-up to Supreme Chaos, presents Pickering’s personal fight for judicial confirmation. In the book, he reflects on his odyssey through the confirmation debacle and suggests solutions he believes will benefit the nominees of any party, strengthen the independence of the federal judiciary, and fortify our nation’s commitment to the rule of law.

About the author

CHARLES W. PICKERING SR., retired federal circuit judge, experienced the brunt of the broken judicial confirmation process firsthand.

After unanimous Senate confirmation, President George H. W. Bush appointed Judge Pickering United States District Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi on October 2, 1990. In May 2001, President George W. Bush nominated Judge Pickering to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. When asked to evaluate his ten years on the bench, the American Bar Association gave Judge Pickering its highest rating, “Well Qualified.” Nevertheless, a minority in the U.S. Senate obstructed Judge Pickering’s confirmation for more than two and a half years. On January 16, 2004, President Bush recess-appointed Judge Pickering to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals; his commission would expire if the Senate adjourned without confirmation. Judge Pickering retired from the Federal Bench on December 8, 2004, and is presently senior counsel with the law firm of Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz.

Judge Pickering is married to the former Margaret Ann Thomas. They have three daughters, Paige Dunkerton, Allison Montgomery, and Christi Chapman, and one son, Congressman Chip Pickering. They have twenty-one grandchildren.