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This article appeared in the January 10, 2005 edition of The Nation.

December 21, 2004

Link to original article.

SAVE YOUR CONFEDERATE MONEY...

Manchester, NJ

I vehemently oppose the efforts of those who would have Vermont secede from the union [Kirkpatrick Sale, "Blue State Secession," Dec. 13]. I urge instead that we admit our mistake of the 1860s. We should admit that we were wrong and let--nay, urge--the South to secede now.

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About Thomas Geoghegan

Thomas Geoghegan is the author of In America's Court: How a Civil Lawyer Who Likes to Settle Stumbled Into a Criminal Trial and Which Side Are You On? Trying to Be for Labor When It's Flat on Its Back (both New Press). more...

About Laura Flanders

Laura Flanders, host of RadioNation on Air America, is the author of Blue Grit: Making Impossible, Improbable and Inspirational Political Change in America, out in paperback with a forward by Naomi Klein (Penguin). more...

About Laura Ross

Laura Ross is a litigation paralegal and researcher/writer in Minneapolis. more...
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