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LAST EIGHT YEARS FOSTERED CYNICISM ABOUT POLITICS.(EDITORIAL)(Letter to the Editor)

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From: The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC)
Date: 20010127
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Ambrose Bierce, in his book "The Devil's Dictionary," defined politics as "the conduct of public affairs for private advantage."

One only has to look at the current national political environment for evidence that supports this definition.

During the 1990s, special-interest groups that possess either large voting blocs or the economic means to press their individual agendas have controlled American politics.

The mean-spirited and divisive nature of political discourse has resulted in the disenfranchisement of hundreds of thousands of people who have little or no ...

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