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None Dare Call It Education: What's Happening to Our Schools & Our Children?
Published in Hardcover by Liberty Bell Press (1998)
Author: John Stormer
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Religious Twaddle Masquerading as Critique
I am reminded of a movie review I once read, which began with the phrase "Bad, Bad, *Worse* than Bad." Mr. Stormer pulls out every fundamentalist cliche in the book, from posting the 10-C's in classrooms (a nasty violation of the separation between church and state), to sneering about the teaching of Evolution in biology classes (*that* old chestnut - when are these Creationist pinheads going to dry up and blow away? When?) The King James Version is not an answer to *anything*, much less to our underfunded, overburdened public school system. If we were really interested in school reform, we would be studying the highly successful (and highly secular) systems of European and Pacific Rim countries, which regularly slam us into the pavement academically- notably *without* recourse to either the Bible or to frightened fundamentalist old men like Mr. Stormer.

Extremely well-documented book! A must-read!!
This is an extremely well-documented, fact-filled book exposing the deplorable condition of our public school system. I don't see how anyone can argue with the facts---the book is loaded with quotes from those in the educatinal system and excerpts from public school books / curriculum, and he sites each source. I highly recommend it...in fact, I have loaned my copy out to at least 12 people and every one of them, without exception, loved the book...most of them purchased their own copy after reading mine. The information contained in this book will scare you, especially if you have children in the public schools. Unfortunately, most parents have no idea what is really going on in their child's school---this book is a "wake-up call!" Once you begin reading, you won't be able to put it down.

For those who can still read and reason
Stormer's book is one of the most illuminating and important that I've read in a long time, on any subject. Before reading it, I was not aware that the decline of the American education system had its genesis in leftist education "reform" movements from the earliest part of the 20th century. I had always assumed that it started with the advent of federal funding of education 40 years ago. In fact, this event and the creation of our unconstitutional Department of Education 20 years later were merely precipitators of the decline. To be sure, the present deplorable state of public education was not achieved overnight but, rather, is the result of an erosive revolution all the more effective for being incremental and almost imperceptible. One of the essential tenets of the neo-Marxist "reforms" is the explicit rejection of traditional morality. Slowly but surely, our school children have been conditioned to accept the religion of secular humanism and moral relativism as a replacement for traditional Christian values. Indeed, as Stormer shows, this conditioning has become one of the pillars of our present dumb-ocracy.

If a rush of incredulity is what you seek, you could hardly do better than to read the education horror stories Stormer cites. The examples are legion but by no means simply anecdotal. More importantly, Stormer connects in cogent fashion the decline in Christian-based morality and common sense curricula in the government-run schools with social decay and academic decline. The consequences cited include the obvious--skyrocketing divorce rates, out-of-wedlock births, abortion, drug use, violence, immoral parents raising amoral children, etc--but also include a narrowly-trained and intellectually feeble work force, our increasingly lawless and dictatorial government, and a general coarsening of overall social discourse. (I would also add as a consequence crass material "prosperity" masquerading as quality of life.) Even more sinister, perhaps, is that those few "best and brightest" students who are still functionally literate are, in the institutions of higher learning, being indoctrinated in the name of education so that they may become leaders in global government, which is something to which our dumbed-down populace is now highly susceptible.

The Christian perspective of this book is unavoidable and essential. For those who may find this perspective off-putting (because of your secular humanist conditioning), I urge you to read with an open mind. Many self-described secular humanists have been known to change their minds when confronted with the horrible consequences of their beliefs. This book helps them do just that.

If this review is too long, it's only because I feel so strongly about the subject and this book.


None Dare Call It Treason - 25 Years Later
Published in Paperback by Liberty Bell Press (1999)
Author: John A. Stormer
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NONE DARE CALL IT LOGIC OR REALITY
This book is nothing more than fascist cold war propaganda. According to the author, the tiny American Communist Party (thoroughly infiltrated by the FBI, I might add) and its leader Gus Hall have secretly controlled the United States for decades now. The author provides no documentation for this allegation, no verification at all, he just reads Gus Halls self important public statements, then tries to show how this proves that Gus Hall controlled some policy of the government. This book would be very funny if it were only better written.
In this updated version, Stormer says the whole 'glasnost and perestroika' movement are nothing more than a commie plot to catch the US offguard. I guess the collapse of the old Soviet Union must be another commie plot. Of course no mention is made of Gus Halls death. I guess he must still control the US after his death.

Nobody should read this book!
While Stormer's foreign policy was worth reading at the time, it holds -no relation- to what we in the Communist International are currently doing. None! Do not buy this book! Perhaps some nice John Irving instead. I hear you Americans like John Irving.

True Patriots should buy this book
This is one of the first books I read after getting heavily involved in politics. Mr. Stormer opened my eyes that there is a concerted effort by people who hate America to bring her down.

Read this book to see who our true enemies are.


Growing Up God's Way
Published in Paperback by Liberty Bell Press (1984)
Author: John A. Stormer
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WARNING: John Birch Society Nuttiness
All books written by members of the conspiracy-addled John Birch Society ought to come with a warning label. Using God's name to peddle this nuttiness violates the Third Commandment. But, hey, if you want your kids to grow up somewhere way to the political right of Jerry Falwell and Alan Keyes, then you might just like this offering from the author of "None Dare Call It Treason."

A VALUABLE BOOK!
I am currently reading and studying this book. It is proving to be very valuable to me as a parent. I am a stay-at-home Christian mother who agrees wholeheartedly with this author's view point. My children are adapting happily to his suggestions. Some of the things I have learned so far are: the reasons of the decline of American families, the importance of spending quality time with my children in reading, crafts, (even shopping!), teaching character-building skills and traits, keeping the TV turned OFF as much as possible, having real conversations with my children, and to be patient because training takes time!!! But, above all, this book is totally based on the truths of the Bible. This book is great! Thanks Mr. Stormer!

An Excellent Biblical Perspective for Child Raising
Mr. Stormer provides a practical guide to child raising for those who wish to follow God's plan for child raising. It is filled with scripture as well as studies and research (with references). Provides discussion about how to build Biblical character traits into your child, what to expect at different ages (birth-three), and what the parents can do to build a secure home. We read this book before we had our first child and re-read parts occassionally.


None Dare Call It Treason
Published in Library Binding by Buccaneer Books (1990)
Author: John A. Stormer
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Reads like a novel
It has been years since I read this book but as it inspired my undergraduate paper, it made an impression.

I think the author, Stormer, was sensationalizing. I remember an episode where Nelson Rockefeller supposedly met on a Soviet submarine in Long Island Sound with some nefarious characters to plot the takeover of America by the USSR. In the real world, Nelson was actually quite a bit more hawkish than Nixon and was pro-defense spending. Then there was State Department Plan 7277 which was a plan to surrender to either the Soviets or the U.N. Stormer was always a bit ambiguous about Communists and the One World Socialist Conspiracy. It sounded as though they were alternative enemies at times at then at other times one would assume they were the same.

There certainly are consipiracies, including obviously a Communist one to destroy our freedom, but Stormer connected too much: politicians, educators, modern art, water floridation. To acknowledge that conspiracies exist is not to credit all history to a grand conspiracy theory. When the conspiracy theory gets too complicated it starts to break down. No single group has such magical powers to control so many events over decades or even centuries.

If what he said was true, then how did we win the Cold War???

ANTIQUE COLD WAR PROPAGANDA
This book is nothing more than fascist cold war propaganda. According to the author, the tiny American Communist Party (thoroughly infiltrated by the FBI, I might add) and its leader Gus Hall have secretly controlled the United States for decades now. The author provides no documentation for this allegation, no verification at all, he just reads Gus Halls self important public statements, then tries to show how this proves that Gus Hall controlled some policy of the government. This book would be very funny if it were only better written.

Propaganda...?
None Dare Call It Treason is pulp propaganda hacked out, but it does serve an important purpose. It deftly (and inadvertently) makes a case for exactly why NOT to oversimplify arguements into good vs. evil. Besides, most of the information is simply made up.

This book should be admitted into a class about the effects of propaganda when taken out of context - the ravings of someone who might've drank too much coffee at the typewriter.


The Death of a Nation
Published in Paperback by Liberty Bell Press (1968)
Author: John A. Stormer
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