“If we cool people down by a number of degrees Celsius … we slow down the rate by which cells — particularly brain cells — are undergoing their own process of death, because we have to remember that cell death takes place through chemical steps. So, from our high school chemistry days we all know that chemical reactions need heat, and if you take away the heat, that slows down the chemical reaction.”

– Dr. Sam Parnia, M.D.

“Parnia demonstrates that consciousness can persist after the disappearance of any outward sign of brain activity… His story gives hope for future improvements.”

—Graham Nichol, M.D., MPH, FRCP(C),director of the University of Washington–Harborview Center for Prehospital Emergency Care in Seattle, Washington

Contrary to popular belief, death is not a moment in time, such as when the heart stops beating, respiration ceases, or the brain stops functioning. Death, rather, is a process — a process that can be interrupted well after it has begun. Innovative techniques, such as drastically reducing the patient’s body temperature, have proven to be effective in revitalizing both the body and mind, but studies show they are only employed in approximately half of the hospitals throughout the United States and Europe.

In Erasing Death, Dr. Sam Parnia presents cutting-edge research from the front line of critical care and resuscitation medicine that has enabled modern doctors to routinely reverse death, while also shedding light on the ultimate mystery: what happens to human consciousness during and after death. Dr. Parnia reveals how medical discoveries focused on saving lives have also inadvertently raised the possibility that some form of “afterlife” maybe uniquely ours, as evidenced by the continuation of the human mind and psyche in the first few hours after death. Questions about the “self” and the “soul” that were once relegated to theology, philosophy, or evenscience fiction are now being examined afresh according to rigorous scientific research (Dr. Parnia describes patients resuscitated have been able to describe in detail what the doctor was wearing).

With physicians such as Parnia at the forefront, scientists and physicians are on the verge of discovering a new universal science of consciousness that reveals the nature of the mind and a future where death is not the final defeat, but is in fact reversible.

The New York Academy of Sciences – June 22, 2010. Shifting Realities: Myths, Models & Morality
Life, Death & the Pursuit of Morality presents an interesting discussion of Near Death Experience, resuscitation, consciousness, mind, soul, and psyche (41 minute video).

Dr. Sam Parnia, an intensive care doctor and director of resuscitation research at the Stony Brook University School of Medicine, studies what people experience in that period after their heart stops and before they’re resuscitated. The experiences include visions of bright lights and out-of-body experiences. Parnia prefers the term “after death” over “after life.”

Excerpt from “Erasing Death: The Science That Is Rewriting the Boundaries Between Life and Death” Chapter 1

Amazing Things Are Happening Here

Joe Tiralosi began to feel ill shortly after leaving a Manhattan car wash. He was a little nauseated, somehow off, and was glad his shift had ended. A chauffeur, Tiralosi spent his workdays driving legendary stock trader E. E. “Buzzy” Geduld around New York City. But on this August afternoon in 2009, a few minutes after he had begun his drive home to Brooklyn, he couldn’t stop perspiring. He cranked up the air conditioner in his car, but he continued to sweat profusely.

Tiralosi was a practical man, a married father of two, and not given to panic. So he planned to push through with the rest of his day, figuring his ill feelings would pass. But an hour later, it was unbearable. He called his wife.

Don’t take any chances, she told him. Go to the hospital.

But he couldn’t drive another block. His wife immediately called a coworker, who found Tiralosi pulled over at the corner of Eightieth Street and Second Avenue in Manhattan and rushed him to the emergency room at New York Presbyterian Hospital.

Tiralosi was helped into the ER by his coworker. The color had drained from his face. He began explaining to a nurse what was wrong, but before he could finish, he collapsed. A Code Blue, meaning cardiac arrest, was called. Tiralosi’s heart stopped. He was dead.

But fortunately for him, he had died in a hospital where a team of people specially trained in resuscitation was on duty. Doctors and nurses came racing over from every direction and immediately started CPR. They are accomplished professionals whom I have worked with many times, including Dr. Rahul Sharma and Dr. Flavio Gaudio, both very diligent emergency physicians. They were part of the team that lifted Tiralosi onto a gurney, tore open his shirt, and cut off his pants with scissors. They attached the circular electrodes of a defibrillator machine to the skin of his chest. They moved rolling carts lined with medicines into the cramped space around him.

Despite all the modern technology available to them, the medical team also scrambled over him with an everyday item—plastic bags, loaded with ice. They positioned the bags along his sides, under his armpits, and on either side of his neck. They injected his veins with chilled saline. The team did all this in about one minute. His body temperature quickly began to drop. Then they settled into a rhythm: CPR, accompanied by occasional injections of adrenaline and defibrillator shocks.

Joe Tiralosi was now surrounded by some of the best medical personnel, technology, and thinking that modern science has to offer. But he was, with no heartbeat and insufficient oxygen and nutrients feeding the cells of his brain and body, already dead.

Don’t take any chances, his wife said. Go to the hospital. Could these or any other words recur to Tiralosi as he lay flat on the table and slipped further into the process of death? Was he aware of anythingat all? The dominant, scientific view of the brain is that such a thing would be impossible. The gag reflex and other functions of his brain stem had ceased, meaning his brain had stopped functioning entirely. All the conversations he had with his wife were now seemingly lost to him, and the odds were against him ever seeing his family again.

Seconds passed to the steady rhythm of chest compressions. Minutes passed. They stopped compressions and hit Tiralosi’s body with an electric shock. Still, no heartbeat. After ten minutes of continuous chest compressions, the medical and nursing staff was starting to lose hope.

Ten minutes without a heartbeat has long been considered a kind of dividing line in resuscitation science. It has long been thought that after ten minutes without a heartbeat, damage to the brain from a lack of oxygen starts to become permanent. Of course, without a properly functioning brain, Joe Tiralosi would no longer be Joe Tiralosi at all. His memories, his personality, what we might call his “Joeisms” would be gone forever, and only his body would still be here. His wife could hold the hand of the man she had shared her life with, yet they would not really be together.

So ten minutes passed, fifteen minutes passed. Doctors worked well past the old markers; the ticktock rhythm of chest compressions was punctuated by an occasional defibrillator shock.

Twenty minutes.

The call to cease resuscitation attempts in this circumstance belongs to the doctor in charge. But he kept going.

Thirty minutes.

By now, Tiralosi had received thousands of chest compressions and had his heart shocked a half-dozen times. The room was looking more and more like a war zone. Traces of blood and medical debris lay around the gurney. Empty vials of adrenaline littered the floor, like spent gun cartridges on a battlefield. The nurses and doctors providing chest compressions were sweating, consuming their own stored-up energy.

Forty minutes.

Ten years ago, continuing to try and save him at this point would have been considered a tremendous risk — for both Tiralosi and his family. In the best-case scenario, even if Tiralosi’s heartbeat was restored, his mind would be a mess — a CT scan likely revealing multiple small and large plumes of damaged, black spaces where functioning neural cells once held his thoughts. But technology and medical understanding have advanced with the years, and so the doctors pressed on because they knew there was a possibility, however remote, that Tiralosi could be saved and returned to his normal life.

Finally, something incredible happened to break the exhausting monotony — someone screamed with excitement: “I feel a pulse, I think we’ve got him back.” Suddenly, in one moment, all those clouds of despair were replaced by a sense of elation in the room.

The exhausted staff had a new wind of energy and, more important, after having had more than forty-five hundred chest compressions and having his heart shocked with a defibrillator eight times, and being given countless vials of adrenaline, Joe Tiralosi’s heart had started to flicker again.

Ten years ago, a man saved after that length of time would most likely have been a kind of living husk—his body present, his mind gone. But today, Joe Tiralosi is a smiling, vibrant man. His face is long and lean with the shade of a well-groomed mustache and goatee covering his lips and chin. He is back at home with his children and the wife whose advice helped to save him, and back at work, continuing his life. The newspapers and television stations that reported on his resuscitation all called his recovery a miracle. If so, Tiralosi and his family were the beneficiaries of a medical miracle—delivered through medical science.

Deep questions …

Is death a fixed moment? Is reality fixed? Can you be alive and dead at the same time?

Do we have a psyche? Do we have a mind? Do we have a soul? Are the terms different?

Is cardiac arrest the same as a heart attack?

The concept of “Self”

How do you go from a brain cell that makes protein, to a mind that knows hunger, jealousy, behavior? Science doesn’t have a good answer yet. Dr. Sam Parnia is working on it.

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The bank is looking for local residents who served in the military, government, or other capacity during the Vietnam War and who would be willing to share their knowledge with the student writers. Interviews will be scheduled over the next few weeks, at the convenience of the participant. The students will be spending time in the classroom learning about the war as part of their curriculum and will have been through training sessions on interviewing before meeting with the veterans.

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According to the biography, Steve Jobs tried a vegan diet, acupuncture, herbal remedies and other treatments he found online, while avoiding recommended surgery. He also was influenced by a doctor who ran a clinic that advised juice fasts, bowel cleansings and other unproven approaches, and even consulted a psychic, before finally having surgery in July 2004.

Also in the book, Isaacson reports that Jobs was livid in January 2010 when HTC introduced an Android phone that included many of the popular features of the iPhone. Jobs told Isaacson that Google’s actions amounted to “grand theft.” Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google was an Apple board member from 2006 to 2009. Presumably, he would have had much insight into the development of Apple iPhone features.

In efforts to settle, Steve Jobs did not want money. He wanted Google to stop using the Apple iPhone features in the Android operating system.

After reading, Valentino explained details of firefighting and distress calls, including radio usage and operations, and helped one of the Windsor School dad’s gear up in full firefighter gear, minus the self-contained breathing apparatus.

Each student read his or her own book prior to the reading by Terry Valentino.
The reading program held at Windsor School is known as ‘Celebrate Reading’.

The Fire Station (Classic Munsch)

George W. Bush

Decision Points is the extraordinary memoir of America’s 43rd president. Shattering the conventions of political autobiography, George W. Bush offers a strikingly candid journey through the defining decisions of his life.

President George W. Bush describes the critical decisions of his presidency and personal life.

Scheduled for release on November 9, 2010.

Amazon Bestsellers Rank at 5:15 p.m. on Thursday October 28, 2010:
#3 in   Books (See Top 100 in Books)
#1 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Leaders & Notable People > Presidents & Heads of State
#1 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > People, A-Z > ( B ) > Bush, George
#1 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Historical > United States

Glenn Beck

In the words of Harvard economist Niall Ferguson, the United States is “an empire on the edge of chaos.” Why? Glenn Beck thinks the answer is pretty simple: Because we’ve turned our backs on the Constitution.

A book about the fight to fix America before it’s too late.

Amazon Bestsellers Rank at 5:15 p.m. on Thursday October 28, 2010:
#2 in   Books (See Top 100 in Books)
#1 in Books > Nonfiction > Politics
#1 in Books > History > United States
#1 in Books > Entertainment > Humor > Political

Keith Richards

The long-awaited autobiography of the guitarist, songwriter, singer, and founding member of the Rolling Stones.

With The Rolling Stones, Keith Richards created the songs that roused the world, and he lived the original rock and roll life.

Amazon Bestsellers Rank at 5:15 p.m. on Thursday October 28, 2010:
#1 in   Books (See Top 100 in Books)
#1 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Memoirs
#1 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Leaders & Notable People > Rich & Famous
#1 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Arts & Literature > Entertainers

What sets “George Washington’s Sacred Fire” apart from all previous works on this man for the ages, is the exhaustive fifteen years of Dr. Peter Lillback’s research, revealing a unique icon driven by the highest of ideals. Only do George Washington’s own writings, journals, letters, manuscripts, and those of his closest family and confidants reveal the truth of this awe-inspiring role model for all generations. Dr. Lillback paints a picture of a man, who, faced with unprecedented challenges and circumstances, ultimately drew upon his persistent qualities of character – honesty, justice, equity, perseverence, piety, forgiveness, humility, and servant leadership, to become one of the most revered figures in world history. George Washington set the cornerstone for what would become one of the most prosperous, free nations in the history of civilization. Through this book, Dr. Lillback, assisted by Jerry Newcombe, will reveal to the reader a newly inspirational image of General and President George Washington.

An enlightening, engaging, and long overdue correction of the falsehood that Washington lacked faith.
– Rodney Stark, Baylor University

Dr. Lillback burries the myth that Washington was an unbeliever – at most a “deist” – under an avalanche of facts . . . .
– Robert P. George, Princeton University

Ten appendices cover the rules of civility and decent behavior that Washington abided by, as well as representative biblical quotations and allusions that Washington used all of the time. The other appendices cover sermons, and other prayers by others that were impacting to Washington.

The book confronts the liberal revisionist history that faith was not a part of the founding of the United States of America.

The three firefighters definitely showed some risk factors for heart disease! The firefighters accepted a challenge to lose 4 inches off their waist measurement in 60 days.

Iggy
235 lbs, Waist 43 inches, LDL Cholesterol 140, and blood pressure 160/94 mm Hg

Doug
Blood Pressure 138/78, Waist 44 inches, Body Weight 237 LBS with a family history of heart disease. Doug was already taking anti-cholesterol medications, so his LDL level was not displayed.

Mauricio “Juicy”
Body Mass Index (BMI) 41, Body Weight 284 lbs, Waist 49 inches

To save the firefighter’s lives, Dr. Oz recommended a four-part Drill Plan accompanied by former firefighter Rip Esselstyn, who developed his “Engine 2 Diet” plan for a team of overweight Texas firefighters.

Drill 1: Extinguish Dairy and Processed Foods (1-2 weeks)
Cheesy Meat Lasagna (800 calories changed over to Sweet Potato & Vegetable Lasagna with less than half the calories of the meat lasagna)

Drill 2: Extinguish Meat and Eggs (3-4 weeks)
Cheeseburger wih fries (950 calories) changed over to a Portabello Burger (290 calories)

Drill 3: Extinguish Bad Oils (5-6 weeks)
Unhealthy oil-baked cupcakes to Dark Chocolate Brownies made with applesauce.

Drill 4: Add Cardio & Strength Training (Weeks 7-8)
Funky jumping jacks for cardio, flutter kicks for core strength

Engine Two Diet by Rip Esseltyn

More about Doctor Oz Firefighter Book ‘The Engine 2 Diet’ by Rip Esselstyn
Professional athlete-turned-firefighter Rip Esselstyn is used to responding to emergencies. So, when he learned that some of his fellow Engine 2 firefighters in Austin, TX, were in dire physical condition-several had dangerously high cholesterol levels (the highest was 344!)-he sprang into action and created a life-saving plan for the firehouse. By following Rip’s program, everyone lost weight (some more than 20 lbs.), lowered their cholesterol (Mr. 344′s dropped to 196), and improved their overall health. Now, Rip outlines his proven plan in this book. With Rip as your expert coach and motivator, you’ll transform your body and lifestyle in a month. His plant-powered eating plan is based on a diet of whole foods, including whole grains, fresh fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts, and seeds. This invaluable guide features: **Dozens of easy, mouthwatering recipes-from pancakes to pizza, Tex-Mex favorites to knockout chocolate desserts-that will keep you looking forward to every bite **Pantry-stocking tips will take the panic out of inevitable cravings and on-the-fly meals **Guidelines on menu choices that will allow you to eat out, wherever and whenever you want **Rip’s simple, firefighter-inspired exercise program that will boost your metabolism and melt your fat away.

Rip Esselstyn
Rip Esselstyn was born in upper New York state and moved to Austin,Texas in 1982 to attend The University of Texas where he was an All-American swimmer. After spending 10 years as a professional triathlete Rip joined the fire department in 1997. For more information on Rip and THE ENGINE 2 DIET you can go to theengine2diet.com.

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doctoroz.com
THE DR. OZ FIRE DRILL

The Sarah Palin Going Rogue Book Tour Schedule (Updated)
SOURCE: Texas for Sarah Palin (check for updates)

11/18: Grand Rapids, MI – Barnes & Noble, Woodland Mall, 3670 28th St SE, Kentwood, 6 PM

11/19: Fort Wayne, IN – Meijer – 10301 Maysville Rd, Fort Wayne, 12 Noon
11/19: Noblesville, IN – Borders Books and Music, 13145 Levinson Lane, 6 PM

11/20: Cincinnati, OH – Joseph-Beth Booksellers, 2692 Madison Rd, Norwood, 12 Noon
11/20: Columbus, OH – Borders Books and Music, 6670 Sawmill Road, 6 PM

11/21: Washington, PA – Sam’s Club, 80 Trinity Point Drive, South Strabane, 11 AM
11/21: Rochester, NY – Borders Books and Music, 1000 Hylan Drive, Henrietta, 6 PM

11/22: Roanoke, VA – Barnes & Noble, 4811 Valley View Blvd N NW, Valley View Mall 11 AM,

11/23: Fort Bragg, NC – AAFES Post Exchange, Bldg. #8-5050 Butner Rd, North Post Mall 11 AM
11/23: Birmingham, AL – Books-A-Million, 757 Brookwood Village, Birmingham, 4:30 PM

11/24: Jacksonville, FL – Books-A-Million, 1910 Wells Road, Orange Park, 9 AM
11/24: The Villages, FL – Barnes & Noble, 1055 Old Camp Road, Lake Sumter Mkt Sq, 2:30 PM
11/24: Orlando, FL – Barnes & Noble, Colonial Plaza, 2418 East Colonial Drive, 7:30 PM

11/26 – 11/29: Thanksgiving Break

12/02: Springfield, MO – Borders Books and Music, 3300 S. Glenstone Ave

12/03: Fayetteville, AR – Sam’s Club, 3081 North Highway 112 at I-540, exit 66

12/04: Dallas, TX – Legacy Books, 7300 Dallas Parkway, Plano, 11AM – 2 PM,

12/06: Sioux City, IA – Barnes & Noble, Southern Hills Mall, 4400 Sergeant Rd, 1PM
12/06: Sioux Falls, SD – Barnes & Noble, 3700 West 41st St, Sioux Falls, 5PM

12/07: Bloomington, MN – Barnes & Noble, 118 East Broadway Suite 238, Mall of America, 7 PM

12/10: Coeur d’Alene, ID – Fred Meyer, 560 W Kathleen Ave, (208) 665-4703

“Charles Gibson peered skeptically at her over his glasses like a disapproving a principal.”
[Palin] opens up for the first time about the 2008 presidential race, providing a rare, mom’s-eye view of high-stakes national politics—from patriots dedicated to “Country First” to slick politicos bent on winning at any cost.

The book also confirms trouble in the McCain-Palin campaign.

Sarah Palin grew up in Alaska towns, from Skagway to Wasilla to Anchorage, while her dad taught science and coached high school sports. She and her future husband, Todd Palin, graduated from Wasilla High School in 1982, and she went on to earn her college degree from the School of Journalism at the University of Idaho. Palin served two terms on the Wasilla City Council, then two terms as the city’s mayor and manager, and was elected by her peers as president of the Alaska Conference of Mayors. She then chaired the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, and the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission. Palin was elected Alaska’s youngest, and first female, governor, serving from 2006 to 2009. While serving her state she was tapped as Senator John McCain’s running mate in 2008, becoming the first female Republican vice presidential candidate in our nation’s history.

The Palins reside in Wasilla with their five children, including a son in the U.S. Army, and one grandson. They enjoy an extended family throughout Alaska and the Lower 48.

Ann Coulter calls him a White Trash Idiot …

Levi Johnston, the father to former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s grandchild, says he knows things about Sarah Palin, but he wouldn’t want to hurt her.

He’ll be in Playgirl on November 16, 2009 — the same day that Sarah Palin’s book Going Rogue
(#2 in books on Amazon Nov 1, 2009) hits store shelves.

“I’m not gonna go out there and just get naked [he's doing it tastefully],” says Johnston.

“He’s trying to get famous … he’s pursuing his 15 minutes of fame, says Kristen Powers, political commentator. He has a tattoo of his last name spelled out on his left forearm. After losing a promise ring during a caribou hunt, Johnston had Bristol’s name tattooed on his finger. Drama King?

Preparing for the Playgirl photo shoot, Johnston worked out three hours a day, six nights a week. He worked out with an Anchorage body builder, Marvin Jones, a former Mr. Alaska.

Sarah Palin’s response: Those who would sell their body for money reflect a desperate need for attention and are likely to say and do anything for even more attention.

D-Lister Kathy Griffin from Oak Park, Illinois and Forest Park, Illinois tells Conan O’Brien she might be pregnant with Levi Johnston’s baby — she’s “not talking about the baby bump to sell books or anything.”

On August 9, 2009 Griffin, 48, attended the Teen Choice Awards with Levi Johnston and interviewed him in her role as guest host on Larry King Live. In the interview, Griffin and Johnston mocked the idea that they were in a serious relationship. She later Twittered on August 10 that “Oh, and I think I’m pregnant”.

Thomas Paine, was an ordinary man who changed the course of history by writing Common Sense, the concise 1776 masterpiece in which, through extraordinarily straightforward and indisputable arguments, he encouraged his fellow citizens to take control of America’s future — and, ultimately, her freedom.

Nearly two and a half centuries later, those very freedoms once again hang in the balance. And in 2009, Glenn Beck revisits Paine’s powerful treatise with one purpose:

To galvanize Americans to see past government’s easy solutions, two-part monopoly, and illogical methods and take back our great country.

Glenn Beck’s Common Sense: The Case Against an Out-of-Control Government, Inspired by Thomas Paine illuminates the failures of both political parties — Republicans and Democrats. Glenn Beck points out that as Americans aren’t paying attention, both political parties are usurping power for the government, political parties and the companies that bankroll that power. Readers and listeners will grasp a sense of ominous reality and sobering history, and understand America’s direction that already scares people who have come from countries with socialist governments.

What is the title of Glenn Beck’s best-selling book?
Common Sense: The Case Against an Out-of-Control Government, Inspired by Thomas Paine

The book has been #1 and #2 on Amazon’s best-sellers list since it was released June 16, 2009.

KINDLE EDITION BELOW …

Common Sense lived a long life, but died from heart failure at the brink of the Millennium. No one really knows how old he was since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He selflessly devoted his life to service in schools; hospitals, homes, factories and offices, helping folks get jobs done without fanfare and foolishness.

For decades, petty rules, silly laws and frivolous lawsuits held no power over Common Sense. He was credited with cultivating such valued lessons as to know when to come in from rain, the early bird gets the worm and life isn’t always fair.

Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don’t spend more than you earn), reliable parenting strategies (the adults are in charge, not the kids), and it’s okay to come in second.

A veteran of the Industrial Revolution, the Great Depression, and the Technological Revolution, Common Sense survived cultural and educational trends including feminism, body piercing, whole language and new math.

But his health declined when he became infected with the “if-it-only-helps-one-person-it’s-worth-it” virus. In recent decades, his waning strength proved no match for the ravages of overbearing federal legislation.

He watched in pain as good people became ruled by self-seeking lawyers and enlightened auditors. His health rapidly deteriorated when schools endlessly implemented zero tolerance policies; when reports were heard of six year old boys charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; when a teen was suspended for taking a swig of mouthwash after lunch; when a teacher was fired for reprimanding an unruly student. It declined even further when schools had to get parental consent to administer aspirin to a student but couldn’t inform the parent when a female student is pregnant or wants an abortion.

Finally, Common Sense lost his will to live as the Ten Commandments became contraband, churches became businesses, criminals received better treatment than victims, and federal judges stuck their noses in everything from Boy Scouts to professional sports.

As the end neared, Common Sense drifted in and out of logic but was kept informed of developments, regarding questionable regulations for asbestos, low-flow toilets, smart guns, the nurturing of Prohibition Laws and mandatory air bags.

Finally, when told that the homeowners association restricted exterior furniture only to that which enhanced property values, he breathed his last.

Common Sense was preceded in death by his parents Truth and Trust; his wife, Discretion; his daughter, Responsibility; and his son Reason. His three stepbrothers survive him: Rights, Tolerance and Whiner.

Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone.

Author Unknown

The book “Common Sense” by Thomas Paine …

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3 in Books the day before release date.

“In the face of the modern liberal assault on Constitution-based values, an attack that has steadily snowballed since President Roosevelt’s New Deal of the 1930s and resulted in a federal government that is a massive, unaccountable conglomerate, the time for re-enforcing the intellectual and practical case for conservatism is now. Conservative beliefs in individual freedoms do in the end stand for liberty for all Americans, while liberal dictates lead to the breakdown of civilized society — in short, tyranny.”

Author Mark Levin argues why minimal government interference is the only way for America to survive.

A chapter explains that the framer’s of the Constitution recognized spirituality, but did not worship it in regard to the Constitution. They new that Reason could not explain how the universe was created.

Liberty and Tyranny provides a philosophical, historical, and practical framework for revitalizing the conservative vision and ensuring the preservation of American society.

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