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William Manchester, the Kennedy assassination, and the drama of popular history
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A reflection on the Golden Age of blogging, and how the internet took me someplace that my university training could not
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Apparently, you are not alone: Americans are finding that working remotely is a good way to escape a toxic work environment--and so is getting another…
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But Random House did decline to publish an essay collection timed to the centenary of his birth. Is it a loss?
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A conversation with Donald Cohen about why we need more government--and a less free market
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A permanent suspension by Twitter reveals the truth: MTG's entire job in Congress is to be a troll
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The Theranos founder awaits a decision in her federal fraud trial--but the case also points to some dangerous American myths about the nature of success
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A man is as good--or bad--as his word. But why did the West Virginia senator string his party along on Build Back Better when he clearly had no…
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Or, why academics should dispense with letters of recommendation entirely
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Talking alternative media, politics and with public sociologist J.R.Woodward
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It's an evergreen obligation that never seems to end--but maybe it should
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