harpers.org - 10/27/2008
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In a sense, a presidential campaign provides the ultimate test of the mettle of the political punditry. Does the pundit simply disintegrate into political hackery by reciting the talking points of the campaign to which he is beholden? That temptation is all too often more than the weak writers ...
harpers.org - 10/29/2008
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harpers.org —
The last weeks of every presidential campaign I
can remember bring out the crazies. Candidates are reviled...
as “racists,” “Nazis,” “Communists,” and the like. But this year the process has gotten nuttier and more malicious than usual. Perhaps it is a ...
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SCOTT HORTON—The New McCarthyism
harpers.org - 10/27/2008
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harpers.org —
In a speech in Des Moines, Iowa, on
Saturday, Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin told the...
crowd that an Obama presidency would present the specter of a socialist state in which fundamental American freedoms are undermined. Let’s go to ...
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SCOTT HORTON—Palin’s Nightmare
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