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IDEAS IN ACTION by KEN CONNOR

Bread and Circuses: America's Cult of Celebrity

Last week, in the midst of President Obama's efforts to push unprecedented expansions of federal regulatory authority through Congress, North Korea's bellicose threats of nuclear annihilation, and the Iranian regime's brutal campaign to suppress political dissent, the American public's attention was focused elsewhere.  On June 25th, 2009, the nation plunged into mourning upon learning of the tragic deaths of Michael Jackson...

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