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John Aloysius Farrell

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November 17, 2008 04:13 PM ET | John Aloysius Farrell | Permanent Link | Print

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John I'd Love to Blast You But...

You're right this time. I hate to admit you're right - Thankfully, I'm near certain, it won't happen again.

R.L. Schaefer of CA
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John Aloysius Farrell is a contributing editor at U.S. News & World Report. An award-winning Washington reporter, he has written for The Boston Globe and The Denver Post and is the author of Tip O’Neill and the Democratic Century and an upcoming biography of the great American defense attorney, Clarence Darrow.

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