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Worse than Nothing
- The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism
- By: Erwin Chemerinsky
- Narrated by: Daniel Henning
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
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Originalism, the view that the meaning of a constitutional provision is fixed when it is adopted, was once the fringe theory of a few extremely conservative legal scholars but is now a well-accepted mode of constitutional interpretation. Noted legal scholar Erwin Chemerinsky gives a comprehensive analysis of the problems that make originalism unworkable as a method of constitutional interpretation. He argues that the framers themselves never intended constitutional interpretation to be inflexible and shows how it is often impossible to know the "original intent" of any provision.
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Impeccably Logical, Backed by 100 Specific Example
- By Amy Eaton on 03-17-23
- Worse than Nothing
- The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism
- By: Erwin Chemerinsky
- Narrated by: Daniel Henning
Well researched.
Reviewed: 09-23-23
Excellent analysis of originalism. Great for lay people or lawyers. Highly recommend if you have any interest in this area.
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The Hardest Job in the World
- The American Presidency
- By: John Dickerson
- Narrated by: John Dickerson
- Length: 15 hrs and 44 mins
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The American presidency is in trouble. It has become overburdened, misunderstood, almost impossible to do. “The problems in the job unfolded before Donald Trump was elected, and the challenges of governing today will confront his successors”, writes John Dickerson. After all, the founders never intended for our system of checks and balances to have one superior Chief Magistrate, with Congress demoted to “the little brother who can’t keep up”.
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Couldn’t wait for this book!
- By David H. Lawrence XVII on 06-17-20
- The Hardest Job in the World
- The American Presidency
- By: John Dickerson
- Narrated by: John Dickerson
Wonderful historian and excellent insight
Reviewed: 04-23-23
John Dickerson is a national treasure. He is a historian who applies common sense to our present day issues. Great job.
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Saving Grace
- What Patients Teach Their Doctors About Life, Death, and the Balance in Between
- By: David D. Alfery MD
- Narrated by: David D. Alfrey
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
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From the OR to the ICU, Dr. David Alfery brings you into a hidden world of medicine that has never before been seen. You will witness the exhilaration a physician feels when a life is miraculously saved, the terror when a life is on the line, the shock of an unexpected demise, the grace patients evidence when facing the end of life, the anguish one suffers when a family member is perilously close to dying, and much more.
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The humanity, grace and true story of what medical professionals go through trying to save lives and reduce suffering.
- By R. Ulrich on 08-03-24
- Saving Grace
- What Patients Teach Their Doctors About Life, Death, and the Balance in Between
- By: David D. Alfery MD
- Narrated by: David D. Alfrey
Best book I have read about a practicing physician
Reviewed: 01-17-23
I am a lawyer and my work touches on different aspects of our health care system. I have read many books by physicians and surgeons. Hands down, Saving Grace is the best I have read. The author is also the narrator. His voice matches his words and shows how he is caring, concerned, and committed to each of his patients regardless of wealth, status, or background. I learned a great deal from this gem about the practice of anesthesiology but more important, this book opened my eyes to living and dying. The stories and patient relationships he describes often made me a bit misty eyed. it is reassuring to know that there are Dr. Alfery’s out there who committed to doing what is right.
Thank you.
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Thank You for Your Servitude
- Donald Trump's Washington and the Price of Submission
- By: Mark Leibovich
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
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From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller This Town, the eyewitness account of how the GOP collaborated with Donald Trump to transform Washington’s “swamp” into a gold-plated hot tub—and a onetime party of rugged individualists into a sycophantic personality cult.
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ALL the Stars!!!!!
- By Iread on 07-28-22
- Thank You for Your Servitude
- Donald Trump's Washington and the Price of Submission
- By: Mark Leibovich
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
Excellent
Reviewed: 11-08-22
Insight into Trump’s enablers. Good read. Helps explain how Trump got this far. Witty and fast paced.
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The Death of Expertise
- The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters
- By: Tom Nichols
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
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People are now exposed to more information than ever before, provided both by technology and by increasing access to every level of education. These societal gains, however, have also helped fuel a surge in narcissistic and misguided intellectual egalitarianism that has crippled informed debates on any number of issues. Today, everyone knows everything and all voices demand to be taken with equal seriousness, and any claim to the contrary is dismissed as undemocratic elitism.
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Disappointing
- By iKlick on 09-10-17
- The Death of Expertise
- The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters
- By: Tom Nichols
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
Precient
Reviewed: 10-23-22
Published before COVID the author laments the distrust in experts and explains the sift in government, private sector, and media. Worth reading.
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Blind Man's Bluff
- The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage
- By: Sherry Sontag, Christopher Drew
- Narrated by: George Wilson
- Length: 15 hrs and 47 mins
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No espionage missions have been kept more secret than those involving American submarines. Now, Blind Man's Bluff shows for the first time how the navy sent submarines wired with self-destruct charges into the heart of Soviet seas to tap crucial underwater telephone cables. It unveils how the navy's own negligence might have been responsible for the loss of the USS Scorpion, a submarine that disappeared, all hands lost, 30 years ago.
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best Cold War documentary...
- By Kojoukhinator Sr. on 11-15-17
- Blind Man's Bluff
- The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage
- By: Sherry Sontag, Christopher Drew
- Narrated by: George Wilson
Great investigative reporting. View into submarine spy raft
Reviewed: 09-26-22
Excellent stories about American submarine spying post WW II. Look into events that were previously not publicized.
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Hubris
- The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War
- By: Michael Isikoff, David Corn
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 18 hrs and 54 mins
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This fast-paced, behind-the-scenes narrative tells the inside story of how the Bush administration used bad intelligence to sell and then justify the Iraq war. Veteran reporters Michael Isikoff and David Corn take the reader behind the scenes at the White House, the CIA, the Pentagon, the State Department, and Congress, where controversial decisions and turf battles were fought in the highest circles of the Bush administration.
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Hubris
- By Pamela on 12-19-06
- Hubris
- The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War
- By: Michael Isikoff, David Corn
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
Great history of our involvement in Iraq war
Reviewed: 08-14-22
Well researched history of the fraudulent justifications for the Iraq war, the lies and misrepresentations. Good read.
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Gunfight
- My Battle Against the Industry That Radicalized America
- By: Ryan Busse
- Narrated by: Ryan Busse
- Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
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A former firearms executive pulls back the curtain on America's multibillion-dollar gun industry, exposing how it fostered extremism and racism, radicalizing the nation and bringing cultural division to a boiling point.
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Outstanding
- By Kyle Turner on 10-27-21
- Gunfight
- My Battle Against the Industry That Radicalized America
- By: Ryan Busse
- Narrated by: Ryan Busse
Excellent. Well written and read. Eye opener.
Reviewed: 08-05-22
Encourage those who are not aware of the power and sway of the NRA to read this book. I could not stop listening. Insightful. What an ugly industry that has created and promoted divisions in our country.
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To Start a War
- How the Bush Administration Took America into Iraq
- By: Robert Draper
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 15 hrs and 30 mins
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Even now, after more than 15 years, it is hard to see the invasion of Iraq through the cool, considered gaze of history. For too many people, the damage is still too palpable, and still unfolding. Most of the major players in that decision are still with us, and few of them are not haunted by it, in one way or another. Perhaps it's that combination, the passage of the years and the still unresolved trauma, that explains why so many protagonists opened up so fully for the first time to Robert Draper.
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If you’ve grown weary of the current GOP administration’s incompetence...
- By Marynelle on 09-04-20
- To Start a War
- How the Bush Administration Took America into Iraq
- By: Robert Draper
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
Tour de force of lead up to Iraq war
Reviewed: 06-05-22
Such an excellent Review of events leading up to Americas entry to the Iraq war. This brings back many memories in an compelling g style. Not just a chronological review but rather an excellent history on how we got there. Five stars.
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Betrayal
- The Final Act of the Trump Show
- By: Jonathan Karl
- Narrated by: Jonathan Karl
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
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Nobody is in a better position to tell the story of the shocking final chapter of the Trump show than Jonathan Karl. As the reporter who has known Donald Trump longer than any other White House correspondent, Karl told the story of Trump’s rise in the New York Times best seller Front Row at the Trump Show. Now he tells the story of Trump’s downfall, complete with riveting behind-the-scenes accounts of some of the darkest days in the history of the American presidency.
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A movie plot you know but still manages to impress
- By lorrrraaaaine on 11-18-21
- Betrayal
- The Final Act of the Trump Show
- By: Jonathan Karl
- Narrated by: Jonathan Karl
Excellent review of events leading up to end of Trump presidency
Reviewed: 02-10-22
Author takes us through events leading up to the end of the Trump presidency. More to be written. This conveys a message we should not ever forget showing how close we came to a crisis.
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