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Prestidigital Political People

Jesse Walker | 10.8.2003 12:38 PM

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"Lately," writes magician Penn Jillette, "people have been wondering whether a word from my discipline -- 'misdirection' -- can be applied to another world altogether: the world of politics." Judge for yourself.

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Jesse Walker is books editor at Reason and the author of Rebels on the Air and The United States of Paranoia.

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