The Silencing, Kirsten Powers
The Silencing, Kirsten Powers
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The Silencing
How the Left is Killing Free Speech

Author: Kirsten Powers

Narrator: Kristin Watson Heintz

Unabridged: 8 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/11/2015

Synopsis

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*Lifelong liberal Kirsten Powers blasts the Left's forced march towards conformity in an exposé of the illiberal war on free speech. No longer champions of tolerance and free speech, the "illiberal Left" now viciously attacks and silences anyone with alternative points of view.  Powers asks, "What ever happened to free speech in America?"

About Kirsten Powers

Kirsten Powers is a Fox News contributor and columnist for USA Today. Powers has been called “Fox’s liberal to be reckoned with” by Mediaite and “an outspoken liberal journalist” by the Columbia Journalism Review. The Women’s Media Center lauded Powers as a “trailblazer,” “powerful,” and an “exceptional professional.” Prior to her career in journalism, Powers worked in Democratic Party politics and the Clinton administration. She has been published in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Observer, the New York Post, the Daily Beast, Elle, Salon.com, and the American Prospect online. A native of Fairbanks, Alaska, and graduate of the University of Maryland at College Park, Powers currently resides in Washington, D.C.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Wendy

Every thinking person should read this book. Most of the book deals with things that have recently been in the news - although only covered by conservative news sources. This is more powerful, however, coming from Kirsten who has always thought of herself as a liberal and has worked within the Democ......more

Goodreads review by T.S.

Lots of food for thought here! I, too grew up as a liberal Democrat. And over time I've noticed the issues Ms. Powers brought up. But I withdrew in disgust from even mentioning my own viewpoints as the rhetoric got nastier, until I'm pretty much a hermit, today. One wonders how the 'illiberals' can c......more

Goodreads review by Victor

I've long admired Kirsten Powers as a thoughtful, eloquent voice of reason from the left. She has the courage to vigorously defend her point of view and, unlike most pundits from the left and right of the political spectrum, the integrity to refuse to defend the indefensible. Her new book should be......more

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