.It ain.t so much the things we don.t know that get us into trouble,
nineteenth-century humorist Josh Billings remarked. .It.s the things
we know that just ain.t so.. In this bold and brilliantly argued book,
acclaimed author and talk-radio host Michael Medved zeroes in on ten
of the biggest fallacies that millions of Americans believe about our
country.in spite of incontrovertible facts to the contrary. In The 10
Big Lies About America, Medved pinpoints the most pernicious pieces
of America-bashing disinformation that pollute current debates about
the economy, race, religion in politics, the Iraq war and other
contentious issues.

The myths that Medved deftly debunks include:

Myth: The United States is uniquely guilty for the crime of slavery
and based its wealth on stolen African labor.

Fact: The colonies that became the United States accounted for,
at most, 3 percent of the abominable international slave trade; the
persistence of slavery in America slowed economic progress; and the U.S.
deserves unique credit for ending slavery.

Myth: The alarming rise of big business hurts the United States and
oppresses its people.

Fact: Corporations played an indispensable role in building America
and corporate growth has brought progress that benefits all with
cheaper goods and better jobs.

Myth: The Founders intended a secular, not Christian, nation.

Fact: Even after ratifying the Constitution, fully half the state
governments endorsed specific Christian denominations. And just a day
after approving the First Amendment, forbidding the establishment of
religion, Congress called for a national .day of public thanksgiving
and prayer. to acknowledge .the many signal favors of Almighty God..

Myth: A war on the middle class means less comfort and opportunity
for the average American.

Fact: Familiar campaign rhetoric about the victimized middle class
ignores the overwhelming statistical evidence that the standard of
living keeps rising for every segment of the population, as well as
the real-life experience of tens of millions of middle-class Americans.

Each of the ten lies.widely believed among elites and taught as truth
in universities and public schools.is a grotesque, propagandistic
distortion of the historical record. For everyone who is tired of
hearing America denigrated by people who don.t know what they.re
talking about, The 10 Big Lies About America supplies the ammunition
necessary to fire back the next time somebody tries to recycle these
baseless beliefs. Medved.s witty, well-documented rebuttal is
a refreshing reminder that as Americans we should feel blessed, not
burdened, by our heritage.

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