But the parallel doesn't quite work.
In fact, the parallel does not cut off criticism, but encourages it.
"Parallel" doesn't really begin to describe how these stories interact with one another.
That historical parallel did not deter Republicans from spending two hours on Wednesday grilling Ms. Jackson for "regulatory overreach".
"The parallel doesn't go terribly far," said Marilyn Vihman, a linguist at the University of York in England, echoing the sentiments of other experts.
But throughout the months I tracked this year's race for City Hall, one historical parallel did keep cropping up: It's '77, all over again.
Note that this parallel doesn't make a case against any of the specific gun control options that are currently on the table.
The parallel doesn't stop there: in the week that the best-selling author published The Lost Symbol, his equally preposterous follow-up to The Da Vinci Code, Laithwaites held its first press tasting for more than a decade.
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But having to go back more than a century to find a parallel does not necessarily strengthen his case.
