Christopher Ketcham
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Christopher Ketcham writes for Harper’s, Vanity Fair, GQ, and many other magazines, and is currently working on a book about the Vermont secession movement. Write him at cketcham99@mindspring.com or find more of his work at www.christopherketcham.com.

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Pardon the Troublemaker: An Appeal for an Old Friend

Posted September 7, 2010 | 12:37:04 (EST)

My friend John Kennedy O'Hara, of Brooklyn, NY, has been called a "political street-fighter," a "mad dog," a "dissident." Among the incumbents who he tried to unseat in Brooklyn he was considered a troublemaker and a fool. He was also, it was said, a felon. When the district attorney called...

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Vermont Revolutionaries and the Rise of a Green Tea Party

Posted August 30, 2010 | 23:01:21 (EST)

The most radical antiwar candidate in the US is not Dennis Kucinich or Rand or Ron Paul or any of the usual suspects. It's a 42-year-old Vermonter named Dennis Steele, who is running for governor of his state as an open secessionist. From what I can tell, Steele is just...

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