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Do Bears Have Knuckles?

Jacob Sullum | 7.22.2004 8:45 AM

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From a story by Jonathan Chait in the July 26 New Republic: "Bush and his allies have been described as partisan or bear-knuckled…" If you've ever seen Yogi and Boo-Boo fight, you know what he means.

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Jacob Sullum is a senior editor at Reason. He is the author, most recently, of Beyond Control: Drug Prohibition, Gun Regulation, and the Search for Sensible Alternatives (Prometheus Books).

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