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Gag Rule: On the Suppression of Dissent and the Stifling of Democracy

This book delves into the topic of censorship, exploring its effects on free speech and the functioning of democracy. It analyzes the historical context and current instances where dissent has been suppressed, providing insights into the mechanisms and consequences of such actions. more

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Lewis H. Lapham
Lewis H. Lapham

Lewis H. Lapham is an American writer born on January 8, 1935. He is known for his distinctive literary style and profound insights into American society and politics. more

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“From authors whom I read more than once I learn to value the weight of words and to delight in their meter and cadence -- in Gibbon's polyphonic counterpoint and Guedalla's command of the subjunctive, in Mailer's hyperbole and Dillard's similes, in Twain's invectives and burlesques with which he set the torch of his ferocious wit to the hospitality tents of the world's colossal humbug . . . I know no other way out of what is both the maze of the eternal present and the prison of the self except with a string of words.”