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Civil Liberties

William Safire, Civil Libertarian

Matt Welch | 9.28.2009 10:06 AM

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The media critic Dan Kennedy, who was a huge Safire fan without generally sharing his politics, compiles a list of Safire's civil liberties writing.

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