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Summary: Documents the Effects of Liberal Decay
Review: Judge Bork demonstrates in clear detail how the left wing's war against our Judeo-Christian heritage has played out, and how it has done so with tragic consequences for our nation.
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Summary: Conservatives should reject Bork
Review: I am a person of mixed Libertarian/Conservative views and I must say I hated this book. Bork's basic argument is that the government should control people's lives for their own good. He supports censorship. Most of his arguments are made up of quoting George Will and Thomas Sowell (i.e. people who agree with him.) He includes the lyrics of a Nine Inch Nails song to show how terrible America is today, never thinking that the lyrics were a comment of what Trent Reznor feels rather than a glorification of violence. I can't believe that a man of Mr. Borks intellectual stature would be able to seriously say that we only have rights "within reason" and that puritans like him should determine what is within reason. Read P. J. O'Rourke or Milton Friedman instead
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Summary: Exposes the Effects of the Left-Wing's War on our Culture
Review: An excellent synopsis of the effects of liberal decay imposed upon our culture. Very perceptive is his remark that Vietnam-era protesters were angry at the "immorality" of US involvement, but deafeningly silent about Communist atrocities throughout the war and after South Vietnam's fall in 1975.
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Summary: Greatest Book Ever
Review: Slouching Towards Gomorrah is the greatest book ever. It is the only book to dare to tell the truth about what America is doing. This book is unparralled by any other book of any kind.
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Summary: Bork was the one who lost his moral compass
Review: Bork traces the moral breakdown of America to the 1960's. I think it was in the 1970's after Richardson and Ruckleshaus both resigned rather than perform the morally repugnant act of firing Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox. Bork, that moral giant, then acted as Nixon's hatchet man and did the deed in attempt to cover up presidential crimes. For him to now denigrate the morality of others is a total abomination.
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Summary: Bork's views are self-contradicting
Review: Early in the book, Bork describes the liberal intellegensia as those who make decisions that they themselves will not have to live by. Then he proposes that abortion should not be legal. Not only is this a hypocritical stance, I find fault with his line of reasoning. His rationale is that those who favor abortion rights are using emotion rather than logic to guide them. Then he compares abortion to unhooking your poor, dear grandfather from life support (using language meant to evoke emotion.) While he compares abortion to pulling the plug on grandpa, he forgets how much time he spent earlier in the book condemning the out-of-wedlock birthrate in America, and stigmatizing the women who do not chose abortion... no one is blaming sky-rocketing poverty on women whose grandpas are on life support. So as far as abortion is concerned, a woman is damned if she does and damned if she doesn't. Of course, there are many other topics in the book besides abortion, but this is the one that always strikes my nerves. The message is, if your birth control fails, you are honor bound to become a mother, and if you do not want to be a mother, you should never have sex, you should never have love, you are an untouchable. My secret belief is that Bork and others like him depend upon women identifying themselves as mothers before all else, because people are easily manipulated through their children. He proposes adoption, like most conservatives, ignoring the fact that there are almost a hundred thousand children up for adoption right now (according to a 1998 issue of Utne reader) who are not adoptable because they are sick, "defective" in some way... or black. In short, although Bork is good at pretending to be irreproachably logical, he isn't. He uses emotion and inconsistent analogies. He's just another conservative who wants to tighten the screws on the rest of us.
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Summary: The bravest and most honest depiction of America today.
Review: Bork is probably one of the bravest men in this country. I think it really takes a lot of guts to write a book like this. Anyone who reads it will instantly recognize that author's observations reflect very precisely the reality of America today - a country where pure and traditional morals and values have been replaced by the empty and self-serving rhetoric of the "modern liberals." This is the MOST REFRESHING book I've read in a long time. It felt really good to know that there are still people who can see things clearly. Bork's observations are so ingenious, in fact, that even the "modern liberals" couldn't find anything to say in their defense, and turned to personal attacks instead.Female Reader in San Francisco, age 23
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Summary: Exposes the Liberal fallacies of our generation
Review: This brilliant piece of work focuses mainly on what the 60's generation has wrought on the culture of today. Radical individualism (moral relativism,) and radical egalitarianism (such as affirmative action,) are generally outlined here in a convincing and thought provoking way. I suggest one should also consult Thomas Sowell's "A Conflict of Visions" to more accurately interpret the major conflict between Liberalism and Conservatism of today and compare the basis of both philosophies with this book in mind. Bork's books, as always, are very enlightening indeed.
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Summary: More pathetic right-wing drivel
Review: This is, simply, the worst book I've ever read. Period. No more needs to be said.
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Summary: Bork is one of the most important thinkers of our time.
Review: This most intelligent analysis of the progression of American culture in this century has, not surprisingly, provoked much vague defensive rhetoric from the liberal intelligentsia, including the staff of Amazon.com. Liberalism has become the mainstream current of influence in our society, and in its newfound boldness, it does little but scoff tauntingly at such criticism, like a schoolyard bully. Bork's criticism of liberal culture is not embittered, as some have sought to imply out of reactionary fear and conformity to the pressures that say that any educated, open-minded person MUST be liberal. Rather it is presented with a sense of urgency and conviction,founded on common sense, factual data, and intellectual honesty, flavored with a measure of wit. Although Bork's analysis is dire, unfortunately for our country, it rings true. It confirms the fears that many of us have that our country is changing from a melting pot to a sewer. Whether there is anything to be done about it remains to be seen.
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