What Rick Perlstein thinks about Psychotherapy

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American historian of the American conservative movement; author of Before the Storm (2001), Nixonland (2008), The Invisible Bridge (2014) and Reaganland (2020). Writes Rickipedia, a newsletter on politics, history, culture and jazz.

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1. 21 Aug 2026

   Our readingPolling persists because it is therapeutic, profitable, and a source of material for manipulating public perception.

   Their wordsIn my judgement, it is (1) therapeutic, stanching existentailly paintful doubt about the future that is central to the human condition; (2) profitable (I need not say much), and (3) a useful source of grist for those seeking to manipulate public perception more generally

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