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Christopher Hitchens: The ongoing financial meltdown is just the latest example of a disturbing trend that, to this adoptive American, threatens to put the Land of the Free and Home of the Brave on a par with Zimbabwe, Venezuela, and other tin-pot dictatorships. by Christopher Hitchens WEB EXCLUSIVE October 9, 2008 Read full story at www.vanityfair.com

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