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Convention Bending

February 2, 2016March 31, 2024 Oscar Wilde Blog5 Comments
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Iowa Focus

In Alice in Wonderland there is a “caucus-race” which involves all concerned running around in a circle until eventually everyone is declared the winner.

With this allusion, Lewis Carroll gently satirizes the futility of the political process—which is topical as the US focuses on the US caucuses, which begin today in Iowa.

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