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Are Facts Obsolete?
Creators Syndicate, July 15, 2008
by Thomas Sowell (Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public Policy)
In an election campaign in which not only young liberals, but also some people who are neither young nor liberals, seem absolutely mesmerized by the skilled rhetoric of Barack Obama, facts have receded even further into the background than usual...


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