DWD's Reviews

Published by Simon and Schuster Audio in August of 2013. Narrated by Jason Culp. Opening and closing chapters read by Mark R. Levin. Duration: 6 hours, 54 minutes. For the past several years Conservative commentator Mark R. Levin has been laying out his arguments that demonstrate the government is over-reaching its Constitutional limitations in a series of books. He has discussed the Supreme Court in Men in Black , the roots of statist politics in Liberty and Tyranny and pointed out the ongoing actions of statists in Ameritopia . Now, in The Liberty Amendments , Levin details how he would address the problem using a series of Constitutional amendments. Since it is unlikely that the current crop of Senators and Representatives would vote to amend the Constitution and limit their power, Levin urges the states to initiate the process by calling for a national convention. Mark R. Levin His proposed amendments include: -Term limits for Congress (12 years); -Repeal t...

Much more intellectual than I expected Published in 2012 by Simon & Schuster Audio. Read by Adam Grupper and the author, Mark R. Levin. Duration: Approximately 8 hours. Over the years I have listened to Levin's radio show from time to time (he used to be carried in my city) and what I always remember from that show is Levin's frequent bombastic outbursts, a kind of manufactured rage that was meant to punctuate his points but lost their punch as I realized that he wasn't just getting angry over some particularly egregious issue, but he was angry over all of them. But, I have listened to three of his audiobooks and find them to be much better than his radio show. The first one I listened to ( Men in Black ) was just for a goof and I was surprised to find that it was pretty solid and the next one ( Liberty and Tyranny ) was even better. This one was an intellectually robust look at the major philosophers who have espoused tyrannical forms of governments disguised...

Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto  reminds me of an expanded, modern version of Thomas Paine's Common Sense or Frederic Bastiat's The Law. It's nearest direct competitor is Glenn Beck's Common Sense , but Levin's work is superior. Levin has a nice touch with a pen. He is, for the most part, a careful author that explains his points of view in everyday language, sometimes in a quite stirring way. This is ironic because Mark Levin is perhaps most famous for his radio show ( The Mark Levin Show ) where he is given to bombastic rants and over the top comments that make me cringe from time to time. The audiobook is read by Adam Grupper who does a solid job, but, surprisingly not as good as Levin who reads the introduction himself. The introduction is a particularly strong - I think it is the best part of the book -  and if you have an Amazon Kindle you can download the introduction as a free sample and read it for yourself. Levin defines conservatism ...

Audiobook 7 disks approx. 8 hours read by Jeff Riggenbach Men in Black: How the Supreme Court Is Destroying America is written by Mark Levin, talk show host, author, former member of the Reagan Administration, part of the Landmark Legal Foundation, National Review Online and numerous other endeavors. Levin offers a compelling argument that shows that the Supreme Court has overstepped its authority from its beginnings. Levin's arguments are presented in classic Levin style - direct and in your face. He opens with nearly an hour of biographies of various flawed and suspect court members that have served throughout the years. The purpose? To demonstrate that Supreme Court Justices are not legal gods, but flawed men and women who are susceptible to the same temptations of the elected politicians of the other branches to mis-use the machinery of government. Mark Levin He then lays out a history of the court's more questionable decisions and argues that the court does...