Call In The National Guard – To Fight For Literacy!

 

President Donald Trump made headlines by calling in the National Guard to Washington, DC. Is he genuinely trying to make the traditionally crime-riddled area safe? Is he seeking to exert his dictatorial powers? Might it be a political stunt to embarrass the Dem-run city or an attempt to have us not focus on the inflation-boosting tariffs, Epstein scandal, or some other issue?

Perhaps all of the above.

Whatever his reasoning, it sparked an idea: Why not call in the National Guard to fight the literacy problems in this country? America can’t read. Send help!

We need an army of help in getting our youth to not only read for comprehension but for enjoyment and enlightenment. Too many kids today see reading books as a chore, and not as an empowered choice. Adults as well.

Test scores, when not down, increase a little due to reduced standards and grade inflation. We need to do a lot better than seeing scores of millions who really can’t read or barely get by. Our nation needs independent thinkers who can read and process facts, opinions, and fantasies without getting them mixed up.

Too many adults live at an ADHD pace, not able to focus on reading a book. Further, too many people find surfing through videos that feature jokes, fighting, dogs, sports, or hot bodies to be so entertaining that they no longer have the focus, patience or a desire to read a book.

Send in the National Guard. Use them to read books with struggling readers, to hand out free books, and to encourage people to read and to not just swipe through social media posts. Maybe by increasing literacy levels, the National Guard will also bring down crime levels.

 

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About Brian Feinblum

This award-winning blog has generated over 4.7 million pageviews. With 5,400+ posts over the past 14 years, it was named one of the best book marketing blogs  by BookBaby  http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/09/the-best-book-marketing-blogs  and recognized by Feedspot in 2021 and 2018 as one of the top book marketing blogs. It was also named by www.WinningWriters.com as a "best resource.”  Copyright 2025.

 

For the past three decades, Brian Feinblum has helped thousands of authors. He formed his own book publicity firm in 2020. Prior to that, for 21 years as the head of marketing for the nation’s largest book publicity firm, and as the director of publicity at two independent presses, Brian has worked with many first-time, self-published, authors of all genres, right along with best-selling authors and celebrities such as: Dr. Ruth, Mark Victor Hansen, Joseph Finder, Katherine Spurway, Neil Rackham, Harvey Mackay, Ken Blanchard, Stephen Covey, Warren Adler, Cindy Adams, Todd Duncan, Susan RoAne, John C. Maxwell, Jeff Foxworthy, Seth Godin, and Henry Winkler.

 

His writings are often featured in The Writer and IBPA’s The Independent (https://pubspot.ibpa-online.org/article/whats-needed-to-promote-a-book-successfully).

 

He hosted a panel on book publicity for Book Expo America several years ago, and has spoken at ASJA, BookCAMP, Independent Book Publishers Association Sarah Lawrence College, Nonfiction Writers Association, Cape Cod Writers Association, Willamette (Portland) Writers Association, APEX, Morgan James Publishing, and Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association. He served as a judge for the 2024 IBPA Book Awards.

 

His letters-to-the-editor have been published in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Post, NY Daily News, Newsday, The Journal News (Westchester) and The Washington Post. His first published book was The Florida Homeowner, Condo, & Co-Op Association Handbook.  It was featured in The Sun Sentinel and Miami Herald.

 

Born and raised in Brooklyn, he now resides in Westchester with his wife, two kids, and Ferris, a black lab rescue dog, and El Chapo, a pug rescue dog.

 

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