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My Newsday piece on mass ignorance vs. American democracy was translated into Portuguese and published in the third-largest newspaper in Brazil.\u00a0 The piece was reposted at this Brazilian blog<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Perhaps Brazilians have more interest in ignorant Americans than do many Americans. \u00a0<\/p>\n

I hope my article does not\u00a0do anything to cause the average Brazilian to lose faith in George Bush. \u00a0<\/p>\n

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