Freedom at Risk, James Buckley, Three Stars

I'm not even sure how this one ended up on my Kindle, but it was okay. I was underwhelmed at first, the prose was adequate, but it was a lot of "in my opinion" and "I believe" without a lot of anything else. It got a bit better when Buckley spent more time actually talking about his time serving in Congress, the executive branch, and on the bench. The fact that he served in all three branches of government does give him an interesting perspective. His characterization of Senate work and his reflections on the proper way to be a federal judge were perhaps the most insightful parts of the work. As for the more polemical parts of the work, they won't convince anyone who doesn't already see things from Buckley's view. And they're not even that much red meat for the true believers, because there are far better works out there for that. If you're going to spend the time to read this, it's because you're interested to hear about his government experience per se and his lessons learned from them. A good enough read, but it doesn't belong at the top of any to-read list.