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Richard Ben Cramer

Congress at the Crossroads

Ed Crego, George Muñoz and Frank Islam | Posted 03.20.2013 | Politics
Read More: Congress, Teddy Roosevelt, Dignity, Public Policy Polling, Humanity, 112th Congress, Eugene Robinson, Honorable Profession, 113th Congress, Poll, Bob Schieffer, Bipartisan, Civility, Richard Ben Cramer, Robert Kennedy, Politics News
Ed Crego, George Muñoz and Frank Islam

The sorry performance of the 112th Congress brought the perception of this once-esteemed body to what is probably an all-time low. If the 113th replicates the behavior of the 112th, Congress' prestige will be driven so far underground that it will never again be resurrected.

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Richard Ben Cramer and Political Life

Sue Casey | Posted 03.18.2013 | Media
Read More: Obituary, What It Takes, Campaign Book, Presidential Campaign, 1988 Presidential Campaign, Journalism, Richard Ben Cramer, Media News
Sue Casey

The 1988 presidential campaign hardly registered as all that memorable. Yet Richard Ben Cramer's masterful character study of six of the 1988 presidential candidates brings that race and the candidates alive in ways that other campaign chronicles before and since have not.

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Publisher Sues Over A-Rod Book

Posted 02.18.2013 | Books
Read More: New York Yankees, Alex Rodriguez Book, Hachette Lawsuit, A-Rod Book Lawsuit, A-Rod Book, Alex Rodriguez, Book Lawsuit, Richard Ben Cramer Lawsuit, Richard Ben Cramer, Books News

The publisher Hachette is suing Richard Ben Cramer for $550,000 over two books that they allege he failed to write. The first book, the only one confi...

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