More politics from the Freakonomics blog:
How to Rig an Election
Allen Raymond knows a thing or two about bending the rules in the electoral process. A former G.O.P. political operative who served as chief of staff to a co-chairman of the Republican National Committee and supervised numerous election victories, he saw his political career fall apart […]
Hunter S Thompson’s Obit for Richard Nixon:
NOTES ON THE PASSING OF AN AMERICAN MONSTER
Richard Nixon is gone now and I am poorer for it. He was the real thing–a political monster straight out of Grendel and a very dangerous enemy. I have had my own bloody relationship with Nixon for many years, but I am […]
From the Freakonomics blog:
The Complete History of Dirty Politics
Historian and author Joseph Cummins is no stranger to the dirty underside of the American democratic process. His latest book, Anything for a Vote: Dirty Tricks, Cheap Shots, and October Surprises, chronicles the campaign smears, attacks, and misdirections that have typified U.S. elections since George Washington’s win […]