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HAROLD MEYERSON says the lesson of the attack on Gabrielle Giffords and 19 others in Arizona is that “conservatives promote a paranoid culture that makes America a dangerous land.” Harold’s new op-ed for the Washington Post cites Glenn Beck as exhibit number one.
Plus: Obama goes to Arizona: ARI BERMAN says the president should follow the example set by Bill Clinton after the Oklahoma City bombing: Clinton told the far right, “There is nothing patriotic about hating your government.” Ari writes for The Nation; his new book is Herding Donkeys.
Also: historian IRA BERLIN talks about recent immigration from Africa and the Caribbean — his book The Making of African America is out now in paperback. (originally broadcast 3/17/10).
