Authors have been replaced by a long list of contributors, censors, and
special pleaders, concerned first of all that history meets their particular goals.
The fact that a half-dozen
special pleaders contact the newsroom, or light up a chatroom, doesn't make their cause one of broad or enduring interest.
opponents as
special pleaders, reactionaries, xenophobes, and racists.
In the past, Republicans had timidly called for small reductions in both levies, sounding like
special pleaders asking for a loophole.
We must fight against the staging and manipulation of news by politicians, lobbyists, and other
special pleaders - something that calls, in turn, for more well-trained journalists.
When cynical, misleading ads backed by big-moneyed
special pleaders drown out rational political debate?
If George Washington had spent his time listening to the
special pleaders in the Revolution, we wouldn't have a country.
