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Populist Conspiracies

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On April 8, 2015
Richard Hofstadter was a very influential historian but he was also a tremendous snob whose personal proclivities would not make him look positively at a bunch of poor southern farmers. In The Age of Reform, Hofstadter notably dismissed the Populists' claims that monetary policy was...

Kitzhaber

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On February 13, 2015

As a follower of Oregon politics, I always knew John Kitzhaber was an odd duck, but I certainly never would have thought him corrupt or lacking an understanding of ethics..

The New Gilded Age

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On January 23, 2015
The historian Richard White, author of one of the delightfully angriest books of history in recent years, demonstrates some of the ways we have created a New Gilded Age, in particular around the issue of political corruption: Gilded Age politics was always corrupt. Before the...

McDonnell

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On July 11, 2013

Color me shocked that a Republican as principled and upstanding as Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell is as crooked as a bag of snakes.* You'd think McDonnell would have just waited.

Tanker Stuff

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On February 25, 2010
Let me recommend the excellent work of Amy Butler at Ares on the new Air Force tanker contract bid situation. Long story short, Northrup-Grumman/EADS/Airbus is claiming that the new requirements are tilted so heavily towards Boeing that the former may not submit a bid. It...

Brazen…

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On December 9, 2008

Does Blagojevich think he's Vladimir Putin?Authorities say they've also accused Blagojevich of threatening to withhold state assistance to the Tribune Co. in connection with the sale of Wrigley Field to.

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