Larry Schweikart's Blog, page 3

“Dear Dr. Schweikart,

I teach Citizenship classes to Turkish and Middle Eastern immigrants. I noticed my class had a citizenship exam passing rate of less than 70% using State and Federal curriculum.

Back in October I started using A Patriot’s History of the United States as our core resource. Since then, our passing rate and average score has surpassed 95%. What I have also noticed is the attitude shift the class participants have toward the United States. As of late they enter the class with an anti-American perception, only graduating with a sense of pride and humility that a nation as great as ours would welcome them.

Your book needs to be the foundation of every American history academic institution. What my students have taken away is a deep felt appreciation for the toil and sacrifice of those who made America.

Thank you again for your work,

Sincerely,

Bob”

See video of Larry Schweikart at the Tucson Tea Party event

My C-SPAN/BOOK TV appearance will be this weekend. Here is the link:

I will be speaking at the Tucson Tea Party event this Saturday, Ap. 30, in the morning, and will speak to an invitation-only event on Friday evening, April 29. Hope to see you all there.

What Would the Founders Say?is still on the shelves in most major bookstores, and "Rockin' the Wall" is still available at our website, www.rockinthewall.com

My friends Mark Stein and Vinny Martell got together with drummer Carmine Appice to reunite 60s/70s supergroup Vanilla Fudge (only Timmy Bogert is missing—retired). Please check them out at the following locations and on the following dates:

*March 18, Stone Pony, Asbury Park N. J.

*March 19, NYC, BB King BLues Club, 227 W. 42nd St.

*March 25, Boulton Center, 37 West Main Street, Bay Shore, NY

*March 26, Arlingon, MA, Regent Theater, 7 Medford Street

*March 27, Sellersville, PA, Sellersville Theater, 24 West Temple Ave

****They will appear on the Jimmy Fallon Show, March 28, NYC

*May 14, Wolf's Den at Mohegan Sun, 1 Mohegan Sun Blvd., Uncasville, CT

*May 15, Irvington Town Hall Theater, 85 Main Street, Irvington, NY

*May 27-28, "Zep Fest" (tribute to Led Zeppelin), Washington D.C., National Harbor

We will be filming parts of "Other Walls 2 Fall" in Connecticut in May, so we hope to catch up to Mark, Vinny, and Carmine. Also, the book Mark and I have been writing about music in the 60s and life in the Fudge, "You Keep Me Hangin' On," is nearly finished and being presented to publishers.

Finally, "What Would the Founders Say?" will be out in March, and our "Patriot's History Reader," with over 60 documents in American history, will be available for educators later this year.

CUBA is laying off state workers in a bid to privatize!! New Jersey teachers are having fits because of downsizing, but CUBA manages to chop off unproductive state workers.

Oh, and did I mention that RUSSIA has a flat tax???

CUBA is laying off state workers in a bid to privatize!! New Jersey teachers are having fits because of downsizing, but CUBA manages to chop off unproductive state workers.

Oh, and did I mention that RUSSIA has a flat tax???

Here are some odds and ends:

*If you haven't picked up a copy of "Rockin' the Wall" yet, it's the perfect Christmas present for anyone over 15! Rockin', entertaining, and moving, you'll find this will touch just about anyone. Go here to order: http://www.rockinthewall.com . By the way, Glenn Beck has our trailer up on his website now, on the video side.

*If you want an autographed copy of any of our books, including Patriot's History of the United States for a gift, e-mail Larry Schweikart about instructions. There is still time to overnight it and get it under the tree.

*In political news, the tax bill passed (shrug) but the Omnibus pork monster failed (yayyyyy!). Although there will be no new tax hikes, and a piddly SS tax rollback, the cost was more unemployment benefits (so that cowardly Republicans wouldn't have to vote on cutting off unemployment at Christmas). Unfortunately, if they don't fix this in the next session, the benefits vote will come up again . . . AT CHRISTMAS!

*Thanks for making Patriot's History such an incredibly successful book. We are closing in on half-a-million in print!!

*Finally, one word for the season (and if you don't know what it means, look it up):

IMMANUEL

America is at a crossroads. We face two options: continue our descent toward big government, higher taxes, less individual liberty, and more debt or pull our country back on the path our Founding Fathers planned for us. But that path isn't always so easy to see.

Historian Larry Schweikart tackles some of the key issues confronting our nation today: education, government bailouts, gun control, health care, the environment, and more. For each he asks, "What would the founders say?" and sets out to explore our history and offer wisdom to help us get back on track. What would really be compatible with the vision that Washington, Jefferson, Madison, and the other founders had for America? What Would the Founders Say? is sure to delight anyone looking for a little clarity on tough issues.

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