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” Thomas Geoghegan sees a ray of hope for an elitist Democratic Party and a failing democracy in the idea of compulsory voting

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at times the national interest is a desperately commemorative one

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No. 13 magazine ” Thomas Geoghegan sees aIn which we kicked off our long running study of American conservatism with a look at the nations long parade of kooks and cranks. In it, Jeff Sharlet remembers Westbrook Pegler, the It Boy of attack journalism. Dave Mulcahey considers the backlash bible known as Readers Digest. Robert Nedelkoff discusses the black godfather of American fascism. And Dan Raeburn recalls when the beloved comic strip Lil Abner took its sharp turn to the right. Dan Kelly