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By JACK SHAFER
Published: October 11, 2009
A history of Ramparts magazine, which in the 1960s revived muckraking, put showmanship back into journalism and exposed C.I.A. excesses.
A chance to think of a time when "revolution" had credence.

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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.

Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.