[Mb-civic] Harper's September issue

[Linda Hassler]

The September, 2004, issue of Harpers Magazine has a formidable and 
enlightening cover story:  "Tentacles of Rage: The Republican 
Propaganda Mill, A Brief History." There's an octopus on the cover. The 
story has been written by the editor-in-chief, Lewis Lapham. The 
history actually covers from the 70s until now. This is not yet 
available electronically. The magazine's web site is www.harpers.org/

Here's a quote from the article when it discusses the formation and 
funding of think tanks for generating books and articles and ideas for 
promulgating the Republican message:

The pamphlets, histories, monographs, and background briefings intended 
to bring about the ruin of the liberal idea in all of its 
institutionalized forms—the demonization of the liberal press, the 
disparagement of liberal sentiment, the destruction of liberal 
education—and by the time Ronald Reagan arrived in triumph at the White 
House in 1980, the assembly lines were operating at full capacity."

Linda Hassler