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This article appeared in the July 23, 2001 edition of The Nation.

July 12, 2001

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THE HUDSON, THE MOON, THE JEJUNE

Washington, DC

Eric Alterman's July 2 "Full-Court Press" insinuates that the Hudson Institute "sent [scholar Evan Gahr] packing" because Gahr called Paul Weyrich an anti-Semite. This charge has no merit and presents a false impression of the institute. Alterman made no effort to contact us before writing his piece. Had he done so, he would have learned that Gahr's firing was an internal matter, unrelated to any ideas Gahr advocated.

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