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Apr. 20, 2012

Book Review: 'Life Among the Cannibals' by Arlen Specter

In "Life Among the Cannibals," Specter chronicles the rise of extremism in the political parties and the intolerance for other views. By Richard M. Mosk


By Richard M. Mosk


I knew Arlen Specter when I was a young member of the staff of the Warren Commission, which investigated the events surrounding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Specter was a more senior attorney on the staff, having served on the Yale Law School Law Journal and practiced law in Philadelphia. While with the Commission, he helped establish the trajectory of the bullets that killed President Kennedy (the "single bullet" s...

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