The contents of this book is not news, but  rather a sobering well-researched and documented account of all the ills that trouble America 12 years into the new millennium. Who would’ve thought that the most powerful country in the world, the “greatest nation on Earth”,  would arrive to the 21st century in such disarray. For all the ominous and disheartening facts laid out in four eloquent and eye-opening chapters, the author’s goal is to sound the alarm “so that we never do become Third World America“, closing, however, the book with an optimistic note in the form of chapter 5 since this is not a done deal. One cannot help but think, after having lived in this wonderful country for more than two decades, that in fact there is hope (I, for one, I am very hopeful).

Third World America : how our politicians are abandoning the middle class and betraying the American dream. Arianna Huffington. New York: Crown Publishers. 2011. [Note: there are at least two different covers of this book, depending on the date of release].

Related Website: Third World America, hosted by the Huffington Post, of which the author is co-founder.