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A Conversation With Gore Vidal
by John Meroney
from The Atlantic
At age 83, Gore Vidal remains a sharp provocateur, as irascible and irreverent as ever.
Snapshots in History’s Glare, a new memoir by Vidal released this month, renews interest in this American literary and cultural icon—offering readers a pictorial look at his singular life, from his youth in the political and social [...]
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The Democratic Wish
by John Gray
from The National
John Keane’s new history shows that democracy is not a uniquely western invention. But this important revision, John Gray argues, does not add up to an argument for its necessity.
The Life and Death of Democracy
John Keane
Simon & Schuster
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Writing in 1908, the German thinker Max [...]
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From Tariq Ali’s forthcoming "The Idea of Communism"
The Central Committee instructed Marx to produce a manifesto. A few months later, the document was still not forthcoming and a slightly tetchy triumvirate – consisting of Citizens Karl Schapper, Heinrich Bauer and Joseph Moll – despatched a warning note to the author on behalf of the Committee:
‘The Central Committee [in London] hereby directs the [...]
The Trap 1 – F**k You Buddy
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A Slip of the Tongue