American - Journalist | July 14, 1949 -
In 2004, I wrote 'What We've Lost,' a book about the Bush administration. It sold only reasonably well, in part, I think, because the book was a horrific downer, an unrelenting account of the administration's actions, bungles, deceptions, half-truths, untruths, and downright corruptions.
Graydon Carter
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It could fairly be said that America, during the Bush years, has entered an Age of Denial - arguably the first stage of a nation's decline.
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Water-boarding can result in damage to the lungs and the brain, as well as long-term psychological trauma.
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To a young kid growing up in Canada, America seemed to be crazy about the future; dazzled by it.
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After the collapse of Wall Street in the 1920s, the culture stopped being all about money, and the country survived and ultimately flourished.
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Memory is often - perhaps usually - a distorting lens: what we think we remember isn't the way it was at all. It's what we'd like to remember.
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In this age of 24-7 headlines, the term 'newsweekly' seems almost quaint.
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Branding experts believe that just because they have rethought a company's image or name, the rest of us will automatically fall in line.
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Everything I love about America is fragile.
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Every minute you invest in kids you get back four times over.
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Stationery is addictive. I get mine made in Paris at Benetton, and writing on it gives me a strange thrill.
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As you get older and fatter, good clothes can hide a lot.
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