Greenwald is a must-follow and must-read on the internets. Even though he's dedicated several book-length takedowns to the Bushies, he's shown similar tenacity and revulsion in his writings on the Obama administration. When you get hate mail from apologists on both sides of the aisle, you're doing something right.

"With Liberty and Justice for Some" is tough to rate because part of the book's success hinges on how well the reader is acquainted with the thesis (to a degree unprecedented in American history, the elite class is able to subvert the law and bend the law to their profit-driven will) and the case studies Greenwald dissects (the telecom fiasco, the Wall Street fiasco, the torture fiasco, the drug war fiasco, etc.) If you come into the book with little previous background in those areas, this will be an enraging eye-opener; otherwise, it's "merely" an enraging reminder.

If you're the type of reader who needs a final chapter like "What You Can Do to Help and Feel Better About All of This" or "Some Light at the End of the Tunnel," you're going to come away disappointed.