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Matt Pearce

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Matt Pearce is a national reporter for the Los Angeles Times. A graduate of the University of Missouri, he hails from Kansas City, Mo.

Just in time for another convention, Hunter S. Thompson's "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72"

Just in time for another convention, Hunter S. Thompson’s “Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72”

I just got off the plane from the Republican National Convention with a bulletproof vest still packed in my suitcase, and I have to wonder if last week would have…