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A Pernicious Fallacy
Common wisdom, touted by politicians and pundits on both the left and the right is that the impeachment of Bill Clinton backfired on the Republicans politically. This had lead to scores of Democratic Representatives and Senators wringing their hands over … Continue reading
Our Past, Look Away, Look Away
We began this week with the news that a new n-word-scrubbed edition of Huckleberry Finn is being published. The reaction in most places where literary people congregate was mostly negative. Huckleberry Finn has been considered controversial ever since it was … Continue reading