Official Business — June 26, 2012, 4:33 pm

A Discussion with Thomas Frank in Washington, D.C.

Please join Harper’s Magazine columnist and best-selling author Thomas Frank for a discussion about Super PACs and the corrupting influence of money in politics this Thursday. Frank will also sign copies of his most recent book, Pity the Billionaire: The Hard-Times Swindle and the Unlikely Comeback of the Right.

Details:

Thursday, June 28
Noon to 1 P.M.
Books-A-Million
11 DuPont Circle, N.W. [map]
 

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