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THAT'S IT. YOU'RE DEAD ΤΟ ΜΕ.
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THAT'S IT. YOU'RE DEAD ΤΟ ΜΕ.

Suddenly everyone is "toxic."

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September 2022
The Book That Never Stops Changing
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The Book That Never Stops Changing

What I’ve learned about Dublin, and myself, in a lifetime of reading Ulysses

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July - August 2022
Why Is Dad So Mad?
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Why Is Dad So Mad?

A father dares to explore his rage.

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July - August 2022
We Have No Nuclear Strategy
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We Have No Nuclear Strategy

The U.S. can't keep ignoring the threat these weapons pose.

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July - August 2022
A Mad Hunt for Civil War Treasure
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A Mad Hunt for Civil War Treasure

Did the FBI steal the gold of dents run?

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July - August 2022
A White Author Fails Her Black Characters
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A White Author Fails Her Black Characters

Geraldine Brooks has sympathy for her protagonists. That’s not enough.

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July - August 2022
Beach Bummer
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Beach Bummer

The world is burning. Have another piña colada.

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July - August 2022
Back to Chagos
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Back to Chagos

Half a century ago, 2,000 people were forcibly removed from a remote string of islands in the middle of the indian ocean. This year, a group of them set sail for home.

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July - August 2022
Tracy Flick for Principal
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Tracy Flick for Principal

Tom Perrotta's '90s antihero returns.

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June 2022
How Politics Poisoned the Church
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How Politics Poisoned the Church

The evangelical movement spent 40 years at war with secular America. Now it's at war with itself.

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June 2022
“They're not human beings”
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“They're not human beings”

Ukraine and the words that lead to mass murder

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June 2022
Can Forensic Science Be Trusted?
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Can Forensic Science Be Trusted?

The story of a forensic analyst in Ohio, whose findings in multiple cases have been called into question, reveals the systemic flaws in American crime labs.

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June 2022
Blaming Our Inner Ape
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Blaming Our Inner Ape

Humans love to pin retrograde gender dynamics on our primate cousins. Is that fair?

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June 2022
Chasing Joan Didion
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Chasing Joan Didion

I visited the writer's California homes, from Berkeley to Malibu. What was looking for?

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June 2022
The End Of Mom Guilt
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The End Of Mom Guilt

Why a mother's ambition is good for her family

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May 2022
The Shadow Royals
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The Shadow Royals

Across Europe, the descendants of dethroned monarchs believe they have something to offer in the 21st Century

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May 2022
Change the Map, Change the Moral
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Change the Map, Change the Moral

A global view of World War II turns a battle for freedom into a battle for empire.

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May 2022
Fox News Does Late Night
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Fox News Does Late Night

Greg Gutfeld has owned the libs all the way to the top of the ratings

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June 2022
The Defiant Strangeness of Werner Herzog
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The Defiant Strangeness of Werner Herzog

The director brings his signature theme adventurers who share his quixotic compulsions—to his debut novel.

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June 2022
There Is No Liberal World Order
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There Is No Liberal World Order

Unless democracies defend themselves the forces of autocracy will destroy them.

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May 2022
Tour Guides to a Tragedy
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Tour Guides to a Tragedy

The killing of three civil-rights workers in Neshoba County, Mississippi, in 1964 changed America. But today, if you want to know what happened here, you need to know who to ask.

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May 2022
Better Call Saul Dared to Bore Us
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Better Call Saul Dared to Bore Us

Do we still have time for slow TV?

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May 2022
After Babel
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After Babel

How social media dissolved the mortar of society and made America stupid

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May 2022
What's Bugging You?
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What's Bugging You?

Viewfinder

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May 2022
Winslow Homer's America
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Winslow Homer's America

What the painter saw, and why it still speaks to us

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May 2022
Stiff Neck
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Stiff Neck

I'd run out of sympathy for COVID skeptics. Then I remembered my father.

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April 2022
Privacy Isn't Dead
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Privacy Isn't Dead

But who gets to keep a secret in hyperconnected world!

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May 2022
Sex for Art's Sake
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Sex for Art's Sake

Elif Batuman's curious experiment in fiction

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May 2022
The Abortion Underground
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The Abortion Underground

Inside the covert network of activists preparing for a post-Roe future

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May 2022
The Goon Squad Gets Old
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The Goon Squad Gets Old

Do Jennifer Egan's tricks still work?

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April 2022