Gore Vidal: President Jonah, Spoken by Gore Vidal

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President Jonah, Spoken by Gore Vidal

Posted on Jan 27, 2006

By Gore Vidal

Internationally acclaimed essayist, novelist and playwright Gore Vidal argues that America under Bush is evincing characteristics of the post-fall-of-Rome Dark Ages: the triumph of faith over reason, the atrophy of education and critical thinking, and integration of the state, torture and religion.

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