The mighty Wurlitzer: David Brock's lessons for liberals. (Gazette).

DAVID BROCK SAYS HE'S sorry. His extended mea culpa--Blinded by the Right: The Conscience of an Ex Conservative--recounts the tale of a recovering right-winger. He describes his journey from unformed gay, vaguely libertarian Berkeley undergraduate; to closeted right-wing wordsmith; to hit man on Anita Hill and Bill Clinton; to remorseful independent. The trek is mired in bogs of sophomoric self-analysis and pop psychology. But along the way, Brock tours the political infrastructure that makes the right wing so formidable.

Brock exploded on the national scene with his assault of ...

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