Commentary
Decisions like these are increasingly troublesome because they will dictate what constitutes”fair use” for decades to come, even as technology evolves in threatening ways.
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Two powerufl volumes show that Ukraine’s greatest weapons against Russia are hope and unity.
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Fearless Women is so well-written, so well researched, and so engaging that you will find it of real value even as it tells some stories you thought you already knew.
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Blake Maddux talks to Peniel Joseph about his latest book, “The Third Reconstruction: America’s Struggle for Racial Justice in the Twenty-First Century.”
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The road to ultimate destruction is lined by spiritual apathy, intellectual carelessness, and moral equivalency.
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Our last Mississippi destination was a major reason for my trip South. I told Bob I wanted to see the boyhood home of Elvis Presley in the small town of Tupelo, the singer’s Bethlehem.
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Guns, anti-Semitism, paranoid conspiracy theories — it never gets old.
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It’s hard to think of music that is more foolishly impractical than jazz, even with its pursuit of lofty ideals.
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Jess Walter is a writer capable of inspecting humanity’s foolishness and foul play, but he is rarely unkind to his dimmest characters. Even sociopaths get to explain what is going on in their minds.
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Book Review: Searching for “Truth and Repair” — Asking Rape Survivors For Their Vision of Justice
For real change to happen, argues Judith Herman, “crimes of dominance and subordination would need to be approached as a matter of public health as well as public safety, with prevention as a primary goal.”
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