Brad O'Leary exposes one of liberalism's biggest lies: that those on the right don't care about people.
O'Leary, a renaissance man involved in a variety of do-gooder initiatives, ranging from authoring books on America's true religious heritage, to mission efforts in Vietnam to bring hearing aids to 2,000 children.
The publisher of The O'Leary Report has penned a pair of terrific new books that should make the liberal haters quake with rage. In "God and America's Leaders" and "America's War on Christianity," O'Leary expertly provides the intellectual ammunition for those who are defending the truth of what America was and is.
Especially at the Christmas season, the smart book buyer will consider grabbing both these titles and making them a gift pack. It's impossible to like one over the other, so they really go hand-in-hand.
"God and America's Leaders" is a fascinating collection of quotations from our Founding Fathers and past presidents, so that the reader can understand straight from the horses' mouths exactly what their thoughts were regarding religion and freedom (A personal preference: this book in its Kindle form would be invaluable for students, from homeschool to university, especially those being indoctrinated by Marxist professors who hate America's true Judeo-Christian heritage).
Be warned: you will not be able to put this 334-page book down, once you start reading these illuminating quotes. O'Leary has provided consumers (hail, capitalism!) with a delicious resource, for in one volume, we can see the common thread of religious thought in our political system, from the 18th century to now.
For example, Patrick Henry stated: "This is all the inheritance I can give my dear family. The religion of Christ can give them one which will make them rich indeed."
Let the change agents in our current public education system explain Henry's worldview apart from his faith in Christ.
John Jay, the first chief justice of the Supreme Court, also left no doubt as to the general view of America's Founders:
"As real Christians are made so by him without whom we 'can do nothing,' it is equally certain that he receives them into his family, and that in his family mutual love and uninterrupted concord never cease to prevail," Jay said.
Even the erstwhile Bible scholar Jimmy Carter, who masked his liberal views and seamlessly flashed a Southern Baptist grin in the same moment he attended Southern rock campaign rallies, gave a clear nod to a conservative biblical position when he said in March, 1976: "We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon."
"Jimma" understood, as O'Leary so astutely points out by including such quotes in "God and America's Leaders" that the people have always believed such things.
Again, "God and America's Leaders" peels back a little-known curtain on the stage of our nation's history, and readers will greatly enjoy reading the religious thoughts of presidents ranging from the largely forgotten Franklin Pierce to that other Southern Baptist polecat, William Jefferson Clinton.
O'Leary's effort almost demanded his second book, "America's War on Christianity," since he is able to expertly trace the degradation of our national faith.
There is much to trumpet in this slim volume, since O'Leary discusses everything from the Hollywood war on faith, to the aggressive fight against the homeschool movement.
In Chapter 4, O'Leary notes an amazing statement by Ted Baehr (publisher of Movieguide), in which the media critic points out that we know films with strong, moral messages "earn four to seven times as much money" as movies that promote immoral themes. This tells us clearly that the change agents in Hollywood often give their leftist views more priority even than making money!
Frankly, it is a nimble mind that can analyze data from a range of sources, and O'Leary shows he's up to the task by also analyzing the war on homeschooling. O'Leary quotes the National Education Association, as the NEA is undoubtedly concerned about the explosive growth in the homeschool movement:
"Instruction should be by persons who are licensed by the appropriate state education licensure agency, and a curriculum approved by the state department of education should be used," the NEA insists.
Problem: said state departments of education are not telling students the truth much of the time! Revisionist history and the blatant promotion of Darwinian philosophy are evidence of this.
O'Leary packs a lot of information into "America's War on Christianity," and the quick-read feel won't tax anyone's reading schedule.
All in all, these two books are deluxe contributions to the ongoing war for America's soul.