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Are Republicans bad for you?

I can’t help wondering whether Dr James Gilligan feels himself to be in that special circle of hell reserved for academics — the one where, however clear and well-expressed your message, however startling and well-presented your data, no one actually listens. His book Why Some Politicians Are More Dangerous Than Others is a shocker, not least because it includes a call for the abolition of the US Republican Party (it seems he thinks it’s past repair). And I exaggerate in saying no one listened; it was multiply- and well-reviewed. Yet here we are, a year after publication … and damnit, the so-and-sos might even win the election. Continue Reading Are Republicans bad for you?…