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Campaign Desk
Pat Buchanan and His Enablers
February 23, 2012 02:24 PMLast week, MSNBC fired Pat Buchanan following a four-month suspension. The proximate cause of his dismissal was the publishing of his latest book, Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025? That tome, which included chapters like “The End... Continue reading
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A Lapdog in Wolffe’s Clothing
July 16, 2009 10:35 AMRenegade: The Making of a President | By Richard Wolffe | Crown | $26, 368 pages Last month, Politico’s Ben Smith served up a juicy story about the controversy surrounding Renegade, former Newsweek correspondent Richard Wolffe’s book... Continue reading
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Essay
Parliament’s Peanut Gallery
October 14, 2008 10:27 AMWhenever Simon Hoggart writes about Michael Fabricant, he makes note of the honorable gentleman from Lichfield’s hair. “How many My Little Ponies, we asked, were slaughtered to make such a creation?” reads one of his countless dispatches. That 2003... Continue reading
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