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Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:00 AM

Decline and fall

Kevin Phillips, no lefty, says that America -- addicted to oil, strangled by debt and maniacally religious -- is headed for doom.
By Michelle Goldberg

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  • Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:46 AM

    Alas, too true

    I'm afraid I must agree with Phillips and Goldberg. I never imagined my country would decline so precipitously--on the way to becoming a fascist theocracy. How colossally stupid!

    —Toni Michael Read Toni Michael's other letters

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