Ameritopia

Ameritopia: the unmaking of America, by Mark R. Levin. Another right-wing blowhard discourses on why the nation is under threat (from the left, surely). Kirkus puts it well in a succinct review: Ultimately, the book never rises above partisanship and is not likely to win any converts. It seems a stretch to claim that there is any movement currently afoot in the United States today that is even remotely comparable to the societal changes implemented in Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto. Simply invoking the words of Ronald Reagan might appease some, but it is hardly sufficient for constructing a convincing argument. A polemic for like-minded readers.

Amen. Preaching to the choir.

Guess what?

Man comes up to Information Desk and asks for these books:

The madonnas of Leningrad, Debra Dean.

The pleasures and sorrows of work, Alain de Botton.

Glenn Beck's common sense: the case against an out-of-control government, inspired by Thomas Paine.

The last best hope: restoring conservatism and America's promise, Joe Scarborough.

Then he asked for a newspaper; guess which one? (Hint: Rupert Murdoch; extra hint: not the Wall Street Journal.)