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L E F T   H O O K - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Joe Conason's column appears every other Tuesday Joe Conason is a regular Salon columnist and the political editor of the New York Observer. + Get the current Joe Conason column + Browse the Joe Conason archive Bookmark http://www.salonmagazine.com/news/col/cona/