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Thu, 01/26/2006 - 12:00pm

Tom De Luca, co-author of Liars! Cheaters! Evildoers!, will be at Demos for a lunch-time discussion about his latest book that charts the rise of what the authors label as the "demonization" of American politics. Showing how political campaigns often neglect debates over policy in favor of fights over the private character and personal lives of politicians, political interests are still served by this style of politics, but democracy, the authors contend, is the loser. DeLuca will discuss the distinctly American qualities of "demonization", how their frequency and intensity has grown in the last four decades and ways in which democracy and freedom of speech can coexist in a productive, idea-rich environment.

You can learn more about this book at liarscheatersevildoers.blogspot.com