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Sarah Palin and the Assault on Merit

by Jonathan Zimmerman � September 22, 2008

This commentary argues that the nomination of Sarah Palin represents a direct attack on long-standing ideals of merit in American history.

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Jonathan Zimmerman New York University E-mail Author JONATHAN ZIMMERMAN teaches history and education at New York University. He is the author of "Innocents Abroad: American Teachers in the American Century" (Harvard University Press).

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