false 3 2 1 true 6600960 read 1 true 2463470 currently-reading 0 true 2463469 to-read http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22711785 Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges (Hardcover) by Antonin Scalia
The best concise book I've read on what arguments, techniques, and briefing formats are most persuasive to judges. Anyone more interested in a more complete treatment of good briefing practices should also read Garner's "The Winning Brief." I've already assigned them both to our interns this summer to read. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22711366 Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left from Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning (Hardcover) by Jonah Goldberg
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Writing this when I haven't finished it yet, but overall a worthwhile read. It's a pity that this book is going to get tarnished with a reputation that he's trying to paint HRC and Obama as Nazis, but he does a good job showing exactly what the core beliefs of what we today call liberalism are. The book should have been titled something along the lines of the Insidious Legacy of Progressivism. But his definition of fascism itself is the best I've read EVER (which is surprisingly hard to do when you get into the minutiae of its permutations across cultures and nations). He comes closer than anyone else I've read. I think the fairest review of this book I've read is Arnold Kling's on TCSdaily.com. ]]>