Walter Karp

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

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Patricia Marx interviews journalist and historian Walter Karp, who has just co-founded a new journal of new politics called "The Public Life." Mr. Karp explains that he started the journal to express his beliefs in the republic and how his ideas differ from the mainstream. He also expresses his strong and heartfelt belief that everyone is entitled to political rights.


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