Note: These books are required anyone to have critical thinking skill to read...
Sleeping With Extra-Terrestrials : The Rise of Irrationalism and Perils of Piety
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0679758860/qid=/sr=/ref=cm_lm_asin/102-9294953-8405746?v=glance
A politician armed with religion is a dangerous animal. btw, this book the Religious Right doesn't want you to read! Trust me. They doesn't.
Trust Us We're Experts: How Industry Manipulates Science and Gambles with Your Future
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1585421391/qid=/sr=/ref=cm_lm_asin/102-9294953-8405746?v=glance
This is one of the reasons I encourage anyone to learn science (self-educated) and want a population of critically thinking voters.
Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Children from Sex
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0816640068/qid=/sr=/ref=cm_lm_asin/102-9294953-8405746?v=glance
Politicians want children to think that pleasure from ANY form of sexual interaction is evil, deadly, etc. If you masturbated as a child AND didn't get hairy palms, you should read this book.
Scholarly World, Private Worlds
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1401034144/qid=/sr=/ref=cm_lm_asin/102-9294953-8405746?v=glance
The book demands much from the reader, so if you don't want to think and question your own thinking, stay away 500 miles from this book.
Why Societies Need Dissent (Oliver Wendell Holmes Lectures)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0674012682/qid=/sr=/ref=cm_lm_asin/102-9294953-8405746?v=glance
And once you learn to think for yourself, this book will give you the reasons to speak up!
I read all and plan to order some new books (mostly critical thinking subjects) today 
