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Dig into a page-turning novel chronicling a smalltown man’s tumble down the rabbit hole of 20th-century political arch-conservativism. Follow Madison Hadder from his difficult pre-World War One childhood through a struggling young adulthood and rising political career from the Depression through the Cold War and McCarthyism. All followed by a rapid downfall, surprising resurrection and final tragedy.

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BOOTS ON THE GROUND IN AMERICA? 

By David Perlstein | March 6, 2026 |

I started this post about the Iran war on Wednesday. Yesterday, a comment by Donald Trump confirmed my worst fears about imperiled American democracy. As to the war, I’m not disturbed by the deaths of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, and other top officials. They can rot in Hell. Since 1979, the Iranian theocracy has…