Ford Enlow has narrated 2 audiobooks on Listento.it by 2 authors, with an average listener rating of 5★ across 2 ratings. The most-rated is A Time to Build.
A Time to Build
Summary
A leading conservative intellectual argues that to renew America we must recommit to our institutions Americans are living through a social crisis. Our politics is polarized and bitterly divided. Culture wars rage on campus, in the media, social media, and other arenas of our common life. And for too many Americans, alienation can descend into despair, weakening families and communities and even driving an explosion of opioid abuse. Left and right alike have responded with populist anger at our institutions, and use only metaphors of destruction to describe the path forward: cleaning house, draining swamps. But, as Yuval Levin argues, this is a misguided prescription, rooted in a defective diagnosis. The social crisis we confront is defined not by an oppressive presence but by a debilitating absence of the forces that unite us and militate against alienation. As Levin argues, now is not a time to tear down, but rather to build and rebuild by committing ourselves to the institutions around us. From the military to churches, from families to schools, these institutions provide the forms and structures we need to be free. By taking concrete steps to help them be more trustworthy, we can renew the ties that bind Americans to one another.
©2020 Yuval Levin (P)2020 Basic Books
To Plea or Not to Plea
Summary
Daphne Barak reveals why Rick Gates pled guilty in the Mueller probe and the lasting repercussions of this ordeal. Rick Gates joined the Trump campaign with Paul Manafort, with whom he had worked for some time. In fact, Gates' first career job was as an intern for Manafort's firm. So when the Mueller investigation charged Paul Manafort, they also investigated Gates, and eventually Gates took a plea deal. In TO PLEA OR NOT TO PLEA, Daphne Barak tells the story of Gates' very positive experience as deputy campaign manager for the Trump campaign and deputy Chairman of the Donald Trump inaugural Committee, followed by the ordeal that Gates has been put through by the Mueller investigation - and why he felt he had to plead guilty to protect himself and his family.
©2019 Daphne Barak (P)2019 Center Street