Barry Glassner

Lewis & Clark College

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President of Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon and author of The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things; former professor of sociology at the University of Southern California.

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Donald Trump's acceptance speech at the RNC last night was all about fear.

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