Slouching Towards Gomorrah

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Summary: Should be a conservative's primary textbook.
Review: Bork disects the the gamut of liberal dogma with unswerving logic and acerbic humor. I appreciated his putting form to my sometimes muddled concerns about so many aspects of American culture today. Liberals (or whatever they call themselves, since 'liberal' is somewhat outre) are bound to trash this book soundly. They would be wise to burn it to keep it out of the hands of the general public

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Summary: Bork has written a mediocre book...
Review: Bork is, of course, extraordinarily conservative (nearly reactionary) and some of his proposals might be a fright to the more liberally inclined. A return of censorship and abolishing the constitutional review of the Supreme Court are two suggestions; others are just as serious and just as deeply conservative. Bork clearly has deeply felt convictions. He is passionate rather than objective. Some of his psycho-analyses of what secretly motivates liberalism are rather silly...

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Summary: Book by Judge Bork serves to defend what's best about USA.
Review: Judge Robert Bork drives home a message of critical importance to every American. In the book, Bork systematically exposes the radical roots of the 1960s and powerfully considers the unfortunate legacy left by that sordid decade. From the Supreme Court to the classroom, America is a nation in peril. Judge Bork uncovers the radical mindset which is actively seeking the destruction of America as we know it. He confronts the true agendas of those who would see the West and America itself collapse.

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Summary: Modern Liberalism is taking away our freedoms.
Review: Can America be saved from moral decay? Is our country moving in the wrong directon? Is modern liberalism taking away our religious freedoms? These and other important and timely questions are answered in Robert Bork's latest book Slouching Twoards Gomorrah: Modern Liberalism and American Decline. Many remember Judge Bork when he was nominated for the Supreme Court and rejected by the US Senate because of his conservative viewpoints. Now he's back on the forefront examining the "root" of our decline as a nation. Bork says "We can accept our fate and try to insulate ourselves and our loved ones from the devastating effects of a degenerating culture, or we can choose to halt the beast, to oppose modern liberalism in every arena." This is a book that must be read by every thinking American. It points to an America that is now run as an Oligarchy, (governed by a few individuals) namely, the Supreme Court. Judge Bork encourages fresh spiritual forces into our culture and politics which will in turn influence political action.

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Summary: Scarier than the latest King novel for sure!
Review: This book, while mildly entertaining and interesting to read, makes me glad as an American that Bork is not on the Supreme Court. Bork advocates several controversial policy initiatives, including partial government censorship of various forms of expression, and perhaps most controversially, he advocates allowing Congress to override any Supreme Court decision (a gutting of the Constitutional balance of powers that should send any American -- conservative or liberal -- to the medicine cabinet!)

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Summary: A wake-up call to sensible and conservative activism.
Review: Bork insightfully details how liberal and conservative politics, once balanced, are now skewed and adhere to the radical and unattainable ideals espoused in the 1960's when Leftist liberalism paradoxically sought equality of outcomes and moral independence at the same time. The author shows how the 60's culture did not die out in the 70's, but rather how it has now placed itself within institutions that control, inform and educate us, our families, and our children. The drastic sweeping changes called for left-wing liberals are now subtly effected incrementally without loud fanfare; however, the accumulation of changes will nonetheless cause the same moral and cultural disasters in our society. More of a wake-up call than a repair manual, "Slouching Towards Gomorrah" will help one see the Left's deceptions and energize any and all, who love this country, to actively pursue promotion of personal responsibility, freedom, respect and other conservative ideals.

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Summary: This is a thoughtful book
Review: Bork is one of the most intelligent men in our nation. His book brings to light many of our greatest fears and approaches them in an intellectual manner. Bork makes a case for limited censorship and points out areas where the supreme court has gone too far. Perhaps there should be some limits to obscene expression. Perhaps the supreme court doesn't have effective checks and ballances. Maybe they have too much power. Read this book and join the debate.

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Summary: Forced a re-evaluation of my own views
Review: If you noticed how a large number of this book's negative reviews are written by people with ".edu" in their email address, then you need look no further for the validation of Bork's theory that the American educational establishment (a word they don't like to be called) continues to be the incubator of post-Port Huron liberalism. As someone who always considered himself a liberal in the classic sense, then found himself battling the universty's modern liberal elite while in college (and won, or escaped with my sanity) I can say with absolute certainty that Robert Bork is right on with his scathing analysis. While I take his view of rock and roll with a grain of salt, his observations on the bored youth of the sixties, and the effects of their misguided views are chillingly accurate.

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Summary: Bravo, Mister Bork..
Review: This book turned out to be a pretty good read. While many books of this type are written in a kind of academic tone, which turns many readers off, the author here has written with a simple and straightforward style that lends itself well to fluid reading. While I agree whole-heartedly with almost all of the Mr. Bork's Conservative ideas, I did notice one or two mistakes that should have been found during editing, i.e. Nine Inch Nails are a rock band, not a Gangsta Rap group. But such mistakes brought a smile to my face, and endeared me even furthur to Mr. Bork.

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Summary: "Radical politics as a substitute for religion"
Review: "The search for a 'politics of meaning' is a feature of modern liberalism, and reflects the human yearning for the transcendental by persons for whom religion no longer fills that void." Ponder those words by Mr. Bork with this fact: in 2004 approximately two-thirds of voters who regularly attend church voted for George Bush while approximately a like percentage of who don't lent their support to Mr. Kerry. Hillary Clinton expressed such when she claimed that what she wanted "a society that fills us up again and makes us feel that we are part of something bigger than ourselves." And the faith that provides such is provided by the chimera of radical egalitarianism. It is rather simple, actually. When folks had nothing they worked hard to survive; garnering added strenth to so persevere from religious faith. When many became increasingly affluent their faith was challenged in a way they couldn't make sense of---how is it that I increasingly live so well while others go without the basic necessities? Many who couldn't resolve this challenge to their faith simply jettisoned it whence an alternitive faith presented itself. Hence the turmoil created by Karl Marx and his Communist philosophy beginning in the second half of the 19th century. Ever wonder why a "Dictatorship of the Masses" movement was lead and peopled by industrialists (ala Frederich Engels, et al.), those born into privilege/wealth, intellectuals, & university students set to embark upon professional careers? (Read "Venona" by Haynes & Klehr for documentary proof from newly opened KGB files how over 300 such people within the American government in the 1930s/1940s had covert ties to Stalin's USSR; & "Witness"---Whitakker Chambers autobiography of his experience within this clique.) The 1960s, Mr. Bork consequently argues, didn't usher in previously absent turmoil; but rather just exacerbated it; and were but a new expression of contempt for society seemingly adift, by those who felt so alienated from it---again, not the downtrodden, but primarily children well-off and/or of a privileged/intellectual elite indulging their perceived moral superiority. In earlier days, such folks may have joined fascist, communist, and/or socialist movements (some actually in those days joining each, over time). The unique thing about New Left radicals in the 1960s, Bork offers, was how they "shattered into a multitude of single-issue groups"---multiculturalists, radical environmentalists, animal rights groups, gay activist organizations, et al. What we have now is thus "The Art of War" played out in differing manners---whence fascism was discredited, communism was the rage; then, thanks to Stalin's brutality, communism was succeeded by socialism's star & embraced until it was repudiated by Eastern European states the second they could. With capitalism riding high, without serious challengers thus how is one to express one's contempt for it & successfully discredit it? How about by challenging everything that capitalism relies upon to effectively operate---ie., bourgeois culture. Attacks against the family unit, morality, constitutional law, religious faith, and so on ought be expected from the New Left, consequently. It's all they got left (pardon the pun) to do battle on---Capitalism having just been too resourceful and dynamic for them---and all because the only substitute for spirituality that they have been able to latch onto is an ever increasing fanatical devotion to utopian equality amongst all peoples. So, yes, Judge Bork's book was an interesting one. I hope my words herein have been as well. Cheers!