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Article: Fusion power: why only two parties is no fun.('The Tyranny of the Two-Party System')(Book Review)
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- December 1, 2002
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The Tyranny of the Two-Party System, by Lisa Jane Disch, New York: Columbia University Press, 194 pages, $45/$19.50 paper
THE TWO-PARTY system once severely strained my relationship with my roommate. It was the summer of 1988, and my roommate--also my best pal--was informally managing the local petition drive to get the Libertarian presidential candidate, Ron Paul, on Florida's ballot. He offered up our very small apartment--I was already sleeping in what normally would be the living room--as a crash pad for the kids who were dedicating their summer to dunning apprehensive and often hostile strangers for signatures in Gainesville's hellish heat and humidity.
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