My Top Eleven for 2000
December 21, 2000
In no particular order, here are my top eleven books of the year:
1) Forrest McDonald, States' Rights and the Union: Imperium and Imperio, 1776-1877. McDonald again shows himself to be the premier constitutional historian of our era in this much-needed and masterful book.
2) Justin Raimondo, An Enemy of the State: The Life of Murray N. Rothbard. A brisk and affectionately informed biography.
3) Charles Adams, When in the Course of Human Events: Arguing the Case for Southern Secession. Adams's revisionist verve sheds light on several aspects of America's transformative interval.
4) Larry Elder, The Ten Things You Can't Say in America. Elder takes on white condescension, out-of-wedlock births, and other taboo topics.
5) Timothy Lynch, editor, After Prohibition: An Adult Approach to Drug Policies in the 21st Century. End the Cromwellian crusade!
6) John McWhorter, Losing the Race: Black Self-Sabotage in America. A cogent plea to end the caste-mentality.
7) Adolph Reed, Jr. Class Notes: Posing as Politics and Other Thoughts on the American Scene. Reed examines the programmatic desiccation and ideological inanity of the contemporary Left. (Reed's a vigorous leftist involved with the Labor Party, by the way.)
8) Roger Pilon, editor, The Rule of Law in the Wake of Clinton. You know something's up when the President of the ACLU and conservatives find consensus. (Also see at www.Cato.org Gene Healy's recent u201CArrogance of Power: The Imperial Presidency and Foreign Policy in the Clinton Years.u201D)
9) Albert Murray and John F. Callahan, editors, Trading Twelves: The Selected Letters of Ralph Ellison and Albert Murray. Two class acts exchange aesthetic sentiments and others.
10) Jim Powell, The Triumph of Liberty: A 2000 Year History Told through the Lives of Freedom's Greatest Champions. A remarkable tome.
11) Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr., editor, The Irrepressible Rothbard: The Rothbard-Rockwell Report Essays of Murray N. Rothbard. The libertarian's libertarian covering everything from Bobby Fischer and Bosnia to Mario Cuomo and the Caucasus.
December 21, 2000
Myles Kantor lives in Boynton Beach, Florida.
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