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Author Explains How Conservatives Got So Terribly Oppressed

By Jim Phillips
The Athens NEWS | January 18, 2005
According to author and historian Thomas Frank, who spoke at Ohio University Jan. 13, over the last 20 years or so a faction of conservatives, aided by the media, has managed to strip economics out of politics, and replace it with cartoonish "cultural" issues.
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Tags: Kansas, culture, red states, economics, Thomas Frank, What’s the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America

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The Athens NEWS is a twice-weekly alternative newspaper serving Athens and Athens County, Ohio. Established in 1977, The Athens NEWS has the largest circulation of any newspaper in Athens County. Known for its in-depth local news reporting, The Athens NEWS...
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