Books Currently For Sale
Yesterday I made a trip to the local book store (Hastings) to find some CD's and maybe buy a book or two. Looking at the current selection of political books for sale, it's pretty easy to see why the political environment in this country is so screwed up. They had a really large selection of books on current politics, but nowhere did I see a book that seemed to provide an overall centrist view or analysis and/or examine solutions to current problems.
Every single book in that section seemed to be written as an indictment of the opposing side. Yes, I know this is the type of thing that sells books. But I would imagine there would be at least a few books for sale that weren't a blamefest. Something that I did find particularly interesting (not in a good way, in a sad way) was a set of books that had almost identical covers, one was titled "Why I Hate Republicans", the other "Why I Hate Democrats". I can't see why any intelligent person would spend money on books like these.
I would think there would be at least some market for books that are based on a centrist view of current issues without all of the blaming the other side. Isn't that why most people buy this type of book, to gain knowledge of issues and examine what may be the best view? Or do people just buy these books to solidify their hatred of the opposing party? Any ideas?
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