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“Special Interests” and American Politics  

Irving Howe and Michael Kinsley ▪ Summer 1984

A new cant phrase—”special interest”—has entered our political language. Politicians gravely declare themselves against it; television commentators toss the phrase about as if its meaning were transparent; and in this moment of spiritless conservatism there seems to be general agreement that the …



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