Lately The Candidate, the Robert Redford movie about a senate race in California, has been turning up on television. It’s usually shown right after the public affairs shows on Sunday afternoon, which couldn’t be more appropriate, because The Candidate is something of a public affairs show itself. Its theme is the evils of politics. It traces Redford’s progress from […]
Barney Frank’s Last Harsh Warning to the Left
The late congressman’s posthumous book condemns dogmatic insistence on unpopular ideas and offers a roadmap for reconciliation between the center and the left.
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by Anne Kim

