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The left no longer stands for common sense, as it did in the days of Tom Paine.

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Christopher Lasch
Age: 61 †
Born: 1932
Born: June 1
Died: 1994
Died: February 14
Historian
Journalist
Social Critic
Sociologist
Writer
Omaha
Nebraska
Robert Christopher Lasch
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Paine
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Longer
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Common
Sense

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