Real Change: From the World That Fails to the World That Works by Newt Gingrich
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Book Reviews of Real Change: From the World That Fails to the World That Works
Book Review: NEWT For President
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is in great shape and Newt's the man to straighten out this country! I wish he would run for President or at least be chosen for the VP spot. Book Review: Solutions to considerReal
Summary: 5 Stars
Real Change offers some of the best solutions I have read so far.
I agree with Newt about what would our founding farther's think of the beauacrats we have created. Where would we be today if, we had to go thru all the red tape of getting things done in the eighteen hundreds.
Still in the stone age, I think.
A must read for everyone, liberals and democrats.
Dont't miss out on this one.
Book Review: Excellent conclusions on what our national leaders need to do
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a book that provides some excellent conclusions on what our national leaders need to do to resolve the serious issues facing our nation. Moving from the world that doesn't work (i.e. government bureaucracies) to the world that does work (i.e. free enterprise and entrepreneurship) is the conclusion that Newt provides. And, he does this by backing his conclusions with facts - surveys of the American people and data that shows why the government bureaucracies have not and do not work. If you are really interested in REAL CHANGE and not platitudes, then read this book.Book Review: Good Ideas, but........
Summary: 4 Stars
I am a long time fan of Speaker Gingrich, and I believe that he is one of the smartest and most innovative thinkers on the political scene. I always love it when he shows up on television to comment on something, and I was anxious to tackle this book.
Unfortunately, I was disappointed. While I tended to agree with most of the ideas offered, I felt that the book was little more than a collection of position statements whose primary supports were the author's beliefs and the fact that x% of Americans polled agreed with the positions offered. I was also disappointed that, after a promising start in which the author criticized the shrill tone of today's highly partisan political climate, a number of the subsequent discussions seemed rather partisan with numerous perjorative references to "the left," the Democrats," "unions" and the like.
While it contains many excellent ideas, "Real Change" would have been far more effective had Speaker Gingrich really delved into the questions at hand, presented some meaningfull point/counterpoint discussion and then backed his positions with well thought out arguments. His final positions would have been the same, but the book would have been more intellectually satisfying and more useful.
Book Review: A Road Map to a Better Future
Summary: 5 Stars
Former Speaker Newt Gingrich has written this timely book calling for real change in American governance. He calls for reforms in education, immigration, entitlements, the judiciary, and many other areas, and is even willing to have the government offer cash prizes to individuals who develop necessary innovations such as hydrogen cars.
Gingrich rightly states that meaningful change to our current bureaucratic government system will never come from the Left, given that it is beholden to the usual liberal interest groups, and that the current Right so lacks a spine that it will not be bold enough to offer real change. The GOP, he says, fell into the trap of holding onto power for power's sake instead of trying hard enough to work for reforms that would replace the bureaucratic model with a more free-market approach. In order to make the necessary reforms that will prevent the slow national decline that will come if we refuse to cut the size of government, it is important to replace the current, stale order of politicians with limited-government conservatives.
However, no one on the presidential ballot in 2008 is likely to offer the reforms that we need to ensure that America remains peaceful and prosperous for decades to come. Hopefully, in 2012 someone will run as a conservative reformer who will adopt a platform defined by ideas similar to the ones in this book.