07/09/2002 Archived Entry: "The Last Defender of the American Republic?"

MARC COOPER interviews Gore Vidal, the last standing small-r republican. These days, the critic of our imperial impulses argues that America should stop meddling in the affairs of other nations and the private affairs of its own citizens. Bonus: Vidal predicts that Bush will leave office the most unpopular president in history. And that's after one term, not two... I'm sure it is.