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A LOOK BACK AT THE POLITICAL APOLOGY Friday August 26, 2016 Thirty-two years ago, I did a deep dive into political apologies and published it in the Wall Street Journal. The bottom line: apologies work for incumbents, but not challengers. I suspect we'll still be hearing them thirty-two years from now -- and they'll still be just as insincere.   contact Eugene Linden

Short Take THE MANY LIVES OF A CONSERVATION MASTERPIECE My article on John Perlin's masterpiece,  A Forest Journey, was published by TIME. The book offers an orignal view on the rise and fall of civilliztions, and the book had an epic journey of its own since it was first published. One message of my piece is that even a masterpiece has a rough time staying in print today. read more

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