Newt Gingrich was on the show last week to talk about his new novel, To Try Men's Souls. There's your link to find out more about it.

Just a few months ago someone published a book slamming the FairTax. I checked Amazon.com today and that book is currently No. 193,091 in book sales. The FairTax Book was published what ... five years ago? It is number 9,961. Oh yeah ... I would like to see it doing better, but at least we're damned near number 200,000.

By the way ... I was thinking of doing an entire hour sometime next week, during the congressional recess, re-explaining and discussing the FairTax. Any comments?

This email from a listener over the weekend:

"I just read your book (Somebody's Gotta Say It) during a vacation across the upper Midwest of America and I have decided I would make a terrible caller! I would be one to agree on mostly any subject you bring up. It truly stirred me. The last half of the trip became a political discussion because of your book. After the humor died down though, the truth came like a brick to the face. Our love for America must spur us up to save it before this grandest of experiments in human history fails. I have faith in mankind, but it is tested more and more each day. Keep feeding the flame until the horsesqueeze is gone!"

Why have you never seen Mark Levin interviewed on any major television network? Levin, as you know, wrote an amazingly successful book entitled "Liberty and Tyranny." This beautifully written book was at the top of The New York Times Bestseller's list for many weeks. It's still way up there. There are over 1,246 reviews on Amazon.com ... with a 4+ star rating. But ... have you seen Levin interviewed on any of the broadcast network's (CBS, ABC, NBC) morning shows? Has the NYT published a meaningful review? The answer, of course, is a resounding "no." And why not? That would be because Levin's book is such a powerful statement for liberty and against government tyranny ... and that is not a message the mainstream media is eager to send right now .. not with a Marxist in the White House.

If Chef Hans Rueffert were any less tenacious, you might say he he was cut down in his prime--but as hard as he's fought, it's clear he believes his best days are still to come.

After years of running his family's gourmet restaurant at the Woodbridge Inn in Jasper, GA, and producing his own TV specials and cooking shows, Chef Hans' career reached a high point when he was selected to compete on "The Next Food Network Star" out of more than 8,000 applicants. Just two weeks after placing third in the competition, Hans was diagnosed with advanced stomach cancer.

Two years and endless surgeries and complications later, Hans is not just surviving when the doctors told him not to expect too much. He's still following his passion and supporting his young family--his wife Amy and their children, Finn, 9, and Ella, 7--during this trying time. 

His new cookbook, "Eat Like There's No Tomorrow," is more than a collection of recipes--it's a story and a prayer. Hans employs his classical culinary training alongside vivid writing and compelling photography to explain why food, for its ability to bring people together, may just be the thing most worth living for.

"Eat Like There's No Tomorrow" is self-published and is available at www.hanscooks.com for $24.95.

At 11am ET, Brian Jennings was on the show to talk about his book Censorship: The Threat to Silence Talk Radio. Brian said the book was inspired by the one and only Talkmaster!

This one isn't going to make your day ... at least not if you're a person who believes in yourself and your own abilities. I'm reading the book "Comeback, Conservatism That Can Win Again" by David Frum. Now a lot of conservatives are a bit upset with Frum because he is delivering a message that they don't particularly like. That message? That Reagan politics were for the Reagan years .. and that conservatives need to adjust their policies and philosophies to the current era if they are to regain any semblance of power in Washington.

Well .. you can judge that one for yourself. But I did want to share some points Frum makes in his book that I found, to say the least, unsettling. Let me just present them to you as bullet points. Here are some of the reasons why the Statists have the advantage for the time being ...

• Republicans draw votes from white voters, Democrats from nonwhites. European Americans were 80% of the population in 1980. The number is now 70%. By 2020 it will be 60%.
• Married women vote Republican. Unmarried? You'll vote Democrat. I would venture that this is because unmarried women look to the government for the security that should be provided by a husband. The number of women in this country who are unmarried in their late 30s has doubled since Reagan was elected.
• If you have children you are more likely to vote Republican. No children? You're most likely a Democrat voter. Since Reagan was elected the number of women who have not downloaded a tricycle motor by age 40 has doubled.
• Go to church, you'll vote Republican. No church? Democrat. You don't need me to tell you that church attendance is in a steady decline.
• Just a high school education? You're probably a Republican voter. Uneducated? You'll vote Democrat. Ditto if you're sitting on an advanced degree. Guess which two groups are growing and which group is stagnated. I think you can figure this one out for yourselves.

Here are some other gems from Frum's book:

• Democrats are far less likely than Republicans to define themselves as "extremely proud" to be an American. Nice.
• Democrats are less likely than Republicans to believe that the United States can solve its problems. In other words, we need to look outside of our country to the international community for those solutions.
• Democrat voters are far more likely than Republican voters to feel that their own success in life is beyond their control. If you can't control your own future ... just what good is freedom anyway? Right?
• Democrats are more likely than Republicans to basically give up when faced with adversity. Yup ... give up and rely on government.

Things have changed out there. Self-sufficiency is out. Government dependency is in. Politicians love this .. they just absolutely LOVE it. Those who love freedom are shocked and dismayed.

Now .. as you ponder these documented statistics and facts from David Frum's book, can you tell me where the next great Republican leader is? I hate to say this ... and it isn't going to make me any friends ... but we aren't going to save American by sitting around and chanting "Reagan, Reagan, Reagan" all day long. The young voters out there that we need to rely on couldn't write one cohesive paragraph about Ronald Reagan, and they're not going to sit down and do the research. Someone needs to step forward with the eloquence and charisma needed to convince our young people that true fulfillment will come from personal achievement realized through interaction with others in a free society, not from government dependence and eventual enslavement. If you see someone out there who can deliver that message ... let me know. I've been looking for him (or her).

Getting a lot of email inquiries about this one. The book begins with an EMP attack on America. That would be "electromagnetic pulse" weapon. Within minutes the entire electric grid across America is disabled. Anything with a computer chip or advanced electronics in it that was not protected is toast. A '65 Mustang will run. Any newer car will not. No communications ... nothing. The intriguing thing about this book is that these weapons exist, they can be procured by our enemies, and the scenario presented in this book could begin today. The book is One Second After by William Forschten. Why do I think this book is important now? Because the threats are still out there, and we have a president who I believe is showing unmistakable signs of weakness. We're vulnerable. This could well be the weapon of choice for someone out there who wants the end of America.

About 50 years ago someone wrote a book. Duhhhhh. The working title for the book was "The Strike." The author's spouse suggested a different title just prior to publication. Can you name the author and the book? You're right .. not much to go on here. Cogitate.

Today, Mark Levin will join us at 11am ET, or whenever on your station, to talk about his book Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto.

To keep the email box clean, here is a link to the book I was talking about on the air this morning, One Second After by William R. Forstchen. Hey, we're going to have him as a guest today in the 11 o'clock hour, if you're listening live Eastern Time. Otherwise, it's whenever it is for you.

From NBC that is .. for life. At least that is what Drudge is reporting. Coulter's new book "Guilty" debuts today, and Coulter was to appear on NBC's Today Show this morning. At the last minute she cut from the segment and then, according to some NBC insiders, banned for life. The reason? Apparently NBC wasn't too thrilled with the theme of her book - liberal media bias. Now if this next quote is true, you will enjoy it. A Today Show insider said, "We are just not interested in anyone so highly critical of President-elect Obama, right now ... It's such a downer. It's just not the time, and it's not what our audience wants, either."

Belinda tells me we have Ann Coulter scheduled for 11am ET today. Sure wish I could write like this lady.

One more thing. This is just the beginning, my friends. It's begging to look like the New York and DC media are circling the wagons around Obama. They're going to protect him big time. Remember Debra LaFave? She was the Tampa teacher who was described as "to pretty to go to jail." Well Obama is too pretty to be criticized. This is really going to be fun.

Today, we kicked off the show with a guest, Matt Towery, pollster, columnist, businessman, attorney and successful author. We discussed his current book, Paranoid Nation: The Real Story of the 2008 Fight for the Presidency.

Today, Oliver North will be on the show right out of the gate for the national show, 10:05AM ET. Up for discussion, his book, American Heroes.