A recent political cartoon by the Chicago Tribune’s Dick Locher featured two well-dressed lobbyists walking in front of the United States Capitol. “I spend a lot of time in Washington,” one says to the other. “I think I’ll buy a house.” To which his companion responds, “Yeah. I’m buying the Senate.” A joke, one might say, (...)
May 04, 2007
Books
Overcoming Democracy
The Age of BetrayalThe Triumph of Money in America 1865–1900Jack BeattyAlfred A. Knopf, $30, 512 pp.
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