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The Violent Fantasies of Blake Masters
Blake Masters’s first campaign ad opens with a shot of the Sonoran Desert. A plaintive piano theme tinkles as Mr.…
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Are Participles a Thing of the Past?
I want to follow up on the topic of language evolution that I took up in my previous newsletter about…
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The Last Thing We Needed Was Pelosi Backing Down From a Bully
Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan carries undeniable risks. Beijing could respond by harassing U.S. Navy ships and aircraft in the…
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Eli N. Evans, Who Wrote About Jews in the American South, Dies at 85
Eli N. Evans, a courtly Carolina Tarheel who rose to the upper ranks of the New York philanthropic world, but…
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Who’s Embargoing Whom?
The other day, my CUNY and Stone Center colleague Branko Milanovic suggested that it would be interesting to “compare Napoleon’s…
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The Meridian Brothers’ Eccentric Mastermind Is Electrifying Roots Salsa
One day Artemio Morelia, a singer and maracas player for an obscure Colombian salsa band called Grupo Renacimiento, awoke and…
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The Robust Return of Beyoncé
Subscribe to Popcast!Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher Beyoncé’s seventh solo album, “Renaissance,” is a rich tribute to the long…
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Boy, 14, Found Fatally Shot in a Queens Driveway, Police Say
A 14-year-old boy was found fatally shot in a Queens driveway early Tuesday, and investigators were exploring whether the killing…
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The Al Qaeda That Ayman al-Zawahri Leaves Behind
When President Biden announced the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan last year, one of his main justifications was that…
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The Books Merger That’s About Amazon
Amazon isn’t on trial in a big books lawsuit. But its power is. The U.S. government is suing to stop…