Theroux Shows Papers - The American Spectator

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Theroux Shows Papers

by Jeffrey Lord

May 4, 2010, 12:00 AM

Travel writer Paul Theroux has a great piece over at the Daily Beast this morning on the real world meaning of “show me your papers.” Having traveled the world, he tells of how in one country after another he has been asked to produce his papers. Beginning in his own country — that would be America. And his family has been here since 1690. It answers all this left-wing Nazi business with a very experienced precision. Train trip in Italy, anyone? Take a read. (Hat tip to TAS reader Ron Leon.)

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Jeffrey Lord, a contributing editor to The American Spectator, is a former aide to Ronald Reagan and Jack Kemp. An author and former CNN commentator, he writes from Pennsylvania at jlpa1@aol.com. His new book, Swamp Wars: Donald Trump and The New American Populism vs. The Old Order, is now out from Bombardier Books.

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