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Previously in Politics & Prose:

"Paris Hilton's Party" (April 29, 2005)
The repeal of the estate tax and the dawn of the United States of Aristocracy. By Jack Beatty.

"Oligarchy in America" (March 30, 2005)
How the Republican Party perfected the techniques of the rule of the few. By Jack Beatty.

Recharging the "L-word" (February 23, 2005)
For their party to thrive, Democrats must embrace the principle of economic interventionism that lies at the heart of liberalism. By Jack Beatty.

"Vision Impossible" (January 26, 2005)
The unbridgeable chasm between Bush's hopes for the world and America's power to realize them. By Jack Beatty.

"The Butcher's Bill" (December 23, 2004)
5,000 U.S. soldiers dead, 25,000 wounded, 4,000 bereaved children. A look at the future of the war in Iraq. By Jack Beatty.

"Clinton's Perverse Legacy" (November 23, 2004)
Is Clinton to blame for the Democratic Party's plight? By Jack Beatty.

Atlantic Unbound | May 27, 2005

Politics & Prose | by Jack Beatty

Fighting Terrorism With Torture

On September 12, 2001, we merited the world's sympathy. Now we deserve its scorn

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"What has happened to us?"

Reverend Robert Close, Locust Valley, N.Y., from his letter to the editor of The New York Times, 5/21/05

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Jack Beatty is a senior editor at The Atlantic Monthly and the editor of Colossus: How the Corporation Changed America, which was named one of the top ten books of 2001 by Business Week. His previous books are The World According to Peter Drucker (1998) and The Rascal King: The Life and Times of James Michael Curley (1992).