Things Like That Do Happen Here

Greg Palast’s
Things Like That Do Happen Here
The New York Times
Sunday, June 7, 1998

“ Live here long enough and you discover that at the heart of small-town life there is special form of communal cowardice. It's called "being neighborly," a coded phrase for enforced silence about our sins, failures and nasty secrets.
This small-town omerta enshrouds all acts, from child abuse to abuse of our countryside. ”

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