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Summary: Read this book to learn how Bill and Hilary think!
Review: This is an excellent book, well written, and as truthful as book can be. Want to come to terms with the riots of the 60"s? Read this book. Do you want to know what our founding fathers had in mind when they wrote the Declaration of Independence? Read this book. Do you want to know what Viet Nam was all about? Ditto! Do you want to face the man in the mirror? Read this book! This book is for the intellectual person that cares about the United States of America.
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Summary: excellent synopsis on the legacy of unrestrained liberalism
Review: while harshly right wing the author expains how American society has had a gradual and unabated slide into moral relativism and forced eqaltarianism primarily as a result of the lack of strict constutionalists on the Supreme Court which has allowed postmodern liberals to push their openended agenda of "good causes" resulting in the deteriation of traditional concepts of a moral and legally sound society. Unfortuately his appropriate condemnation of blantantly disgusting lyrics in some music ends up being a ridiculous condemation of rock'nroll music since it's beginnings
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Summary: A must read for the Knowledgeable conservative partriot
Review: Judge Bork has made it perfectly clear when and where many of our current social problems originated. His insight into the legalistic maze of how America began it's slide into deviance will without doubt help many bring into focus where we went wrong as a nation, a people and as individuals. I enjoyed this book in full measure up to about the middle. And in that portion I believe there is invaluable background knowledge that every reader can take away and make good use of. After that it becomes a little dry and repetitious. Although some might find that is not the case. The fact remains that until the Administrative and Legislative Branches of our Government find the wisdom to place individuals like Robert Bork upon the Supreme Court. We will continue to be lacking in moral, ethical and constitutional philosophies and principles in our judicial decisions. The people harvest the failures identified in this most excellent book.
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Summary: Not only what's wrong, but how to correct the problem!
Review: Judge Bork, has a scintilating mind, and he is an astute observer of life. The cry of the masses for equality of outcome is problematic of our society. The courts attempt to create law only exceeds the bureaucracies. Hopefully, we the people will pay attention to judge Bork's message and make our legislators more accountable. A must read for anyone interested heightening their awareness.
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Summary: Perhaps the liberals should reread this one.
Review: Many people will slam Bork for advocating restrictions on abortion and partial censorship. But, quite frankly, I don't care what a mongrel pack of "gangsta" rappers and radical feminists think. Bork has identified the major trends of decay in our society and backed his thesis with research. Some have accused this book of being ideology instead of research, but I ask you to look at all the tiny numbers scattered throughout the book and figure it out. Bork cites at least 25 qualified sources per chapter.Don't tell me that conservatism is the wrong way to go. Bork shows how we have moved away from our traditional values and conclusively shows how much harm we are doing to ourselves. I pray that the government and the intelligencia listen Bork, or I'll be seeing you all in the nightmarish pits of anarchy.
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Summary: Only people of strong character can be truly free
Review: One of the founding fathers of this country wrote quite perceptively that men of intemperate minds cannot be free because their passions forge their fetters. To me, the chief benefit of reading Judge Bork's book is the way he logically and forthrightly demonstrates how the idea that the individual owes absolutely nothing to the society which has granted him such great freedoms is wrecking the entire American system. Restraints on individual behaviour are an anathema to the modern liberal, unless that behavior is motivated by conservative religious principle. Beyond that, the idea seems to be that anything is permissible. In Europe child pornography is still openly produced and sold. Here in America the government has decided to outlaw it, irrespective of the rights of certain individuals who may want to buy and read such material. Unless we get a handle on modern liberalism, I don't think we're that far away from the day when restraints on individual behavior will have shrunk to the point that such obscene material will be openly sold across the country. The idea that society has no mandate or responsibility to restrain individuals from behaviour or activity which is harmful to themselves or society at large is nonsensical. A society that lowers it's limits time and time again to appease the rebels in it's midst will never acheive peace. The only result is more violence, more obscenity, more crudity. And the next generation of rebels will attack the lower standard that their parents worked so hard to give them. We need to listen to the Judge Borks of the world if we want to keep America the Beautiful from being transformed into America the Crude.
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Summary: An excellent, valuable book.
Review: Bork tells the truth with clarity and perspective, but unfortunately it is not what we would want to hear. Such prophets are never popular, and they may be perceived as bitter. But I am convinced that Bork speaks out because he loves his country and wants the best for it.
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Summary: I was there...
Review: I was there, on campus, in '67, '68, and '69, wearing an ROTC uniform 2 days a week. The problem on campus was exactly as Judge Bork describes it. One could not have a rational discussion with the leftist students. They were morally superior, and just by dedicating myself to defending the Constitution of the United States, I was deemed their inferior intellectually. I was also less advantaged economically than they. We who served will not forget the arrogance we faced. Judge Bork nails down the moral difference between the privileged leftist children of the '60s and the less privileged who have made it on their own. We can never forget.
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Summary: Bitter, contradictory book is a major disappointment
Review: For a man who is as intelligent as Bork, this book is a major disappointment. Bork shows his hostility to the ideals of liberty and equality which he seems to regard as roadblocks to his perfect moral utopia. Far from being "conservative", he shows an appalling desire for government intrusion into people's private lives. His previous book,"The Tempting of America," was a calm, well-reasoned criticism of judicial activism; this book is just a bitter, poorly argued rant. (Lest a reader of this review think I am a biased liberal, let me point out that even the staunchly conservative American Spectator gave it a bad review). His arguments consist of ad hominem attacks and gross overgeneralizations. Some Vietnam war protesters may have actually, believe it or not, sincerely believed that the war was wrong and should be stopped, rather than simply causing turmoil for its own sake. Bork did make a few good points, but they are overshadowed by the general sloppiness of his arguments.
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Summary: Bork logically id's America's worst danger as liberalism
Review: Slouching Towards Gomorrah provides an excellent synopsis of America's most pressing danger: radical liberalism. By using an argument grounded firmly in logic and reason, Bork presents his facts straightforwardly and in a consistent manner. His problem: liberalism. His solution: action. I would recommmend this book to be added to the shelves of any concerned American, young or old, who recognizes the impending dangers of radical liberalism and egalitarianism in our society
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