Caught in the Headlights

Unlike many readers and reviewers, I wasn't drawn to this book by the forward by Glenn Beck or the enthusiastic back-cover endorsements of a Utah author, legislator, and/or radio personality. In the first place, I am not as politically conservative as most people think I am—too much NPR, I fear—and I live in the wrong state to know much of anything about Barry Phillip's other notable fans. I read the book because of the backliner:

We've all had those "deer in the headlights" moments when we...