Last January, we started the year with What to Read (1/03).  It was a list of books I'd read during 2012.  So many of you found it useful that I thought I'd provide such a list for 2013.

I thought I'd do this now, a week before Christmas, to give you a chance to provide a Christmas present from the list.  The links are to the Kindle edition on Amazon, each with multiple comments and quotes.  You can inexpensively gift someone instantly with the Kindle edition - I read all of these on my iPad - while there's still time for Amazon to deliver a hard copy, or there's your local bookstore.

I kept the list not to all the books I read this year, but to just those I thought would be of real interest to TTPers.  There are several I think it quite important for you to consider. I'm sure you'll find at least one or two fascinating either for yourself or someone you care for. Or a regressive libtard you want to educate and/or infuriate.  

And, please let us know on the Forum what books rang your bell this year.  Here we go.

Civilian Warriors: The Inside Story of Blackwater and the Unsung Heroes of the War on Terror
Erik Prince

I've known Erik since he was 15 years old, as his father Ed was my friend.  Ed Prince was one of the finest men I've ever known - and Erik is the same.  Erik is an extraordinary American patriot hero - and who was treacherously betrayed by his country's leaders.  His book just came out last month, and I cannot recommend it more highly.  If we ever get a rational pro-American government again, Erik should be our #1 choice for Secretary of Defense.

Are you ready for a Texas-size To The Point Rendezvous?  The dates are final: 

Friday, January 29 to Sunday, January 31.

(Note the dates - chosen specifically to lie on the bye weekend between the NFL playoffs and the Super Bowl.)

The location is fabulous:  The Hilton Palacio Del Rio right on the Riverwalk in San Antonio.

We'll be just two blocks from The Alamo itself - which we'll of course visit as we rededicate ourselves to remembering the Alamo and recapturing America from the horde of anti-American moonbats who have temporarily seized control of it.

[TTP has long maintained that voter fraud is a primary means by which Democrats win elections - which accounts for their fanatical opposition to Voter ID laws.  Here, Ronald Reagan's Attorney General, together with the former Ohio Secretary of State, explain the fraud of Eric Holder's opposition. ---JW]

Attorney General Eric Holder, who announced his resignation last Thursday (9/25), leaves a dismal legacy at the Justice Department.  Of all his legal innovations, one was especially pernicious: the demonizing of state attempts to ensure honest elections.

As a former U.S. attorney general under President Reagan, and a former Ohio secretary of state, we would like to say something that might strike some as obvious:

Those who oppose photo voter-ID laws and other election-integrity reforms are intent on making it easier to commit vote fraud.

That conclusion is inescapable, given the well-established evidence that voter-ID laws don't disenfranchise minorities or reduce minority voting, and in many instances enhance it, despite claims to the contrary by Mr. Holder and his allies.

As more states adopt such laws, the left has railed against them with increasing fury, ascribing racial animus to people who are trying to safeguard democratic integrity. But there's something even worse than name-calling:

Enough is enough.  I want this lying corrupt fascist out of the White House, and I don't want to give him 38 months to leave - 38 months in which he will relentlessly continue to destroy our economy and put our national security in gravest danger.

Fortunately, I am far from alone in this desire.  Scores of millions of Americans feel the same way.  And now, more have arrived on the battlefield.  The Millennials are joining us.

This week, Millennials have taken over the headlines with news of their rejection of Zero's Sleaze Presidency.  Millennials Abandon Obama is a headline denoting a generational tsunami.  It takes a while for kids to grow up, as we know from personal experience.  Now they've started to, and their teen-age crush on The Won is over.

This is a signal moment.  When Harvard University reports that 47% of young Americans between 18 and 29, and 52% between 18 and 25 want to "recall" Zero - as in resign, quit, step down, get out of here and go away - you have a real turning point.

The question now is, how do we max this turning point out?  How do we take the best advantage of this moment?

Thanks to TTP general manager Miko, and TTPers like Mitch Tyree, the dates and the deal for the TTP Summer Rendezvous are set.

One of the most distinguished hotels in Colonial Williamsburg, the Williamsburg Hospitality House, will host the Winning the Revolution Rendezvous from Friday, September 11 to Sunday, September 13.

Colonial Williamsburg  recreates the America of Thomas Jefferson and George Washington.  Nearby Jamestown is where the settlement of America began in 1607.  And close by is Yorktown, where America achieved victory in its War of Independence in 1781.

It is an incredibly emotional experience to be at Surrender Field, where the British troops under Lord Cornwallis gave up their arms and surrendered to George Washington while the British band played "The World Turned Upside Down."  This is where free America was born, this was where our Revolution was won.

What more appropriate place could there be - and what more appropriate date than September 11 weekend - for TTPers to join together and commit to winning our American liberty once again?