Culture Warrior

The very first thing I noticed when I started reading the book was the fact that there were absolutely no citations, references, or footnotes! I immediately thought of Dr. Barfoot, one of my grad school professors. If I turned in a paper that included facts, figures, times and places, and did not cite or reference them, he would have make a notation on the paper, in red ink, that said "Does not meet syllabus requirements" and failed me. This, then, is the substance of O'Reilly's book. It is almost like a transcription of one of his programs: All shouting, yelling, and finger-pointing without any factual material to back up his statements. It is a polemic without any knowledge of the subject. It makes you wonder how he made it through show more his MPA program! show less

A very simplistic call from Bill O'Reilly to join the fight against liberalism--except he calls conservatives traditionalists and liberals secular progressives. (I agree we have to fight, but a little honesty goes a long way--just call them libs and conservatives like everybody else).

If you have a heartbeat you probably already realize that the main points of the book: the media is very liberal, most of the country is conservative, and the country is getting more and more liberal. If you need somebody to fire you up but give you very little original content, then read this book.

This book is a wake-up call to those conservatives who aren't paying attention to what's going in our culture. If we don't engage, whatever side we're on, we will wake up one day to find ourselves alienated from society. This book is easy to read and detailed. Bill does tend to seem superior and smug sometimes, but at least he's engaged in the culture war.

O'Reilly's books are incredibly easy and fast to read. I can hear his voice in every word. I enjoyed reading about the culture war from his perspective, which he describes as the clash between secular progressives and traditionalists.

O'Reilly's books are incredibly easy and fast to read. I can hear his voice in every word. I enjoyed reading about the culture war from his perspective, which he describes as the clash between secular progressives and traditionalists.

Interesting read in 2020 especially since what has happened to Mr. O'Reilly in the last few years. Reading this is like reading one of Rush Limbaugh's books. Mr. O'Reilly takes credit for many things that he claims he has done with no proof other than his words. This book would be best served if he had provide footnotes for all his example and stories he told. He casts himself as the lone warrior while there are many on the other side wanting to do damage to everyone else.

The only chapter that I was do take anything from was the last one, which if skip the last rule would be a good way for anyone to live.

If you watch Bill every night (as I do) there isn't a lot new here. However, if you're a casual watcher, this consolidates many of the stories he covers and puts his overall culture war theme around them. He writes like he talks, and it's a very quick read.

If you don't like him, this won't sway your opinion. If you do like him, it will just boil your blood by seeing much of the trouble this country faces brought togehter in 200+ pages.