Portis is a comedian of the highest order, but he is finallyβas all comedians must beβa moral philosopher.
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Originally published in 1970, Judy Blumeβs Are You There God? Itβs Me, Margaret, is the story of an eleven-year-old girl who moves from New York [β¦]
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I recognized something of my own initial reaction to Rohmer, my embrace of the βfeelβ of his work ahead of its politics.
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The puzzling aspect of the loneliness of parenthood is that it is compatible with the constant company of the baby. Why is the company of an infant unable to assuage this loneliness?
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The earthquakes on February 6th that killed more than 55,000 people in Turkey and Syria and resulted in $105 billion in damage were among the [β¦]
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Who picks up the tab of paying for journalism when the audience wonβt, and how does that change the truths that we journalists want to tell?
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This is the text of the inaugural talk given in the Public Thinking Lecture Series, an event series co-sponsored by the Point Program for Public [β¦]
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