https://redstate.com/erick/2012/01/17/ameritopia/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usFri, 12 Jun 2026 04:37:45 -0400<![CDATA[Perhaps the coolest part of my job is getting embargoed copies of best sellers and getting to read them well in advance of release.Around Christmas this year, I received a small package in the mail and out came Ameritopia with a great big sticker on the front. &#8220;Pre-Publication Copy. EMBARGOED until January 16, 2012.&#8221; Well, the problem was that it was Christmas time and I had no time to sit down and read a book. I put it on my desk and there it sat.As luck would have it, I fell under the weather and started traveling all about the same time. In and out of airports, in and out of the doctor&#8217;s office, in and out of bed — I had a little down time and I picked it up and started reading.Let me first say that the cool thing about reading a Mark Levin book or an Ann Coulter book is that if you are in a crowded place you occasionally notice people who notice what you are reading getting up and moving away from you and others moving closer — the books alone are crowd control items and have also served to get me off jury duty.As for the contents of the book? Fantastic. And I don&#8217;t just say that because Mark is a friend.]]>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:54:27 -0500<![CDATA[Erick Erickson]]>https://redstate.com/erick/2012/01/17/ameritopia-n41856