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Doing as the Romans Did? |
| Section: BOOK WORLD / REVIEWS |
| Author: Claude R. Marx |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 9/1/2007 |
| Size: 688 Words, 4,284 Characters |
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ARE WE ROME?
By Cullen Murphy
Houghton Mifflin, $24.00,
Historical metaphors can be dangerous things. Politicians, scholars and journalists often use them to back up an argument or explain a complex contemporary situation. But when a person has a selective memory and cherry-picks facts, he or she can cause more harm than good.
By contrast, a person with knowledge of both past and present can provide a valuable public service. That's the case with Cullen Murphy, who with Are We Rome? has produced a tightly written ...
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...serious immigration reform, he notes: "Politicians can tweak the laws, but 'policy' is a microclimate compared with the swirling vortex of the American economy and American culture."
If you have a dictionary and encyclopedia handy, reading Are We Rome? The Fall of An Empire and the Fate of America will be both enjoyable and educational.
Copyright © 2007 The Washington Times, LLC.
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