>I'll be re-reading Common Sense and The Rights Of Man.
>We could really use a Thomas Paine today.

Yes, he had some original thought. This Leevine guy sounds like yet another re-kneader of the old dough who wants to explain everything from his own angle, while positioning himself and his POV somehow at the root of everything. But seems to add nothing new, just reinterprets - at least that's the picture I got from your mentioning of "stretch". Reason enough for me to not bother.