LA FOLLETTE MATTERS MORE THAN EVER.(EDITORIAL)(JOHN NICHOLS)(Column) From: The Capital Times | Date: June 14, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2005 Capital Newspapers. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: John Nichols

Robert M. La Follette was born 80 years after the shots fired at Lexington and Concord heralded the dawn of the American Republic, and he died 80 years ago.

No political figure was better positioned to bridge the divide between the nation's founding and the current moment, and none offers a greater wealth of insight and inspiration to those who would renew the revolutionary promise of the American experiment.

La Follette was a true son of Wisconsin, born and bred in the still young state and supported by its citizens in campaigns for the ...

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