As I said earlier, every peek behind the scenes at the American power structure is a Gore Vidal novel made flesh. So as soon as you’re done reading Jonathan’s insights, hie thee hence to library, bookstore or Amazon.com and avail yourself of Vidal’s “Narratives of a Golden Age” (Burr, Lincoln, 1876, Empire, Hollywood, Washington D.C. and The Golden Age), for a comprehensive education in political reality. Truth may be stranger than fiction, but Vidal’s fictions are truer than the “truth” presented to us by the governing class and its media sycophants.