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OKAY, DAN O?BRIEN?S STOLEN HORSES MAY BE A GREAT BOOK, but listening to the summary in this NPR revi?

By Glenn Reynolds

OKAY, DAN O’BRIEN’S STOLEN HORSES MAY BE A GREAT BOOK, but listening to the summary in this NPR review I was struck by the litany of lefty/Oprah cliches: A town founded in an act of violence by white settlers (check! — they’re even cowboys!), a Native American (check!) who dies because he’s denied healthcare (check!) by a greedy hospital (check!) that’s defended by a Republican lawyer (check!) There’s even a plucky female journalist (check!) with a boyfriend who . . . . won’t commit! (check, and mate!) Really, can it get any better than this?

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on August 31, 2010 (boomark / email).