Mark Levin: Liberty and Tyranny

Mark Levin talks about his book, Liberty and Tyranny, with Glenn Reynolds. One of his main goals in writing the book was to explain the principles behind conservatism to conservatives who have always "felt" conservative, but weren't sure of the reasons why.

Levin is clearly highly intelligent, but uncomfortable for me to listen to on the radio because of the rather prickly "east coast" style which comes out when he loses patience with someone. I prefer to listen to him in conversation with someone else about an interesting topic (as with Reynolds here). It sounds from reviews like his book is well-written. He went against type to write another popular book - about rescuing a dog from the pound: Rescuing Sprite. HE gets amazingly choked up about that dog on the radio. And earlier, he wrote Men in Black, about the growing power of the Supreme Court.

He talks in this video about his early days in the Reagan Administration, when he encountered boxes of Saul Alinsky's books being distributed through tax dollars. He and Glenn then move to current affairs.

It's an interesting bit of video involving one of the "right-wing radicals" on talk radio. Might change your perceptions a little. Reynolds apologizes for thinking that guys like Levin were too "extreme" in their views of Obama during the election.

Related: Glenn Reynolds worries about the new administration's desire to control the media.