Paul Alexander is a former reporter for Time magazine and has written for Rolling Stone, The New York Times Magazine, The Nation, New York, The Village Voice and The Guardian. He is the author of "Man of the People: The Life of John McCain" as well as biographies of Sylvia Plath, J.D. Salinger and James Dean.

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Friday, Jun 6, 2008 03:32 PDT

How Karl Rove played politics while people drowned

Hurricane Katrina posed a huge test to Bush's administration. But instead of bailing out Louisiana, Karl Rove played Blame the Democrats.

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