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RIP Alan Riding (and so much of the American press corps in Paris.)
Riding became the New York Times' Paris bureau chief right at the time our author arrived in Paris himself and spent the next 30 years as a reporter.
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Just following orders, again. And just asking questions, again.
It took multiple layers of obedience to Trump to put his name on the Kennedy Center, and it will take multiple layers of respect (for the law this time…
Jun 4
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How Israeli classrooms indoctrinate children in Jewish supremacy.
Jewish supremacy is not exactly the flip side of antisemitism, but its role should not be minimized if one wants to understand Israeli behavior.
Jun 2
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May 2026
What I Did in the War
My Vietnam era Army experiences made a man out of me, although not the kind of man the military brass intended. Today I remember the guys I knew who…
May 25
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Peggy Shippen Arnold tells her side of the story.
The wife of America's most notorious traitor, played by local historian Char Weigel, says she had only the best of intentions.
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May 22
The Nazis were Germans, and Israeli leaders are Jews. Right or wrong, memories can be long.
Then and now, failure to speak out constitutes complicity.
May 21
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Lorraine Hansberry Day and Street Co-Naming Celebration at Croton's Bethel Chapel.
The celebrated playwright would have been 96 years old today. What would she be doing if she were still alive in Croton, where she was laid to rest in…
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May 19
The psychology of humor: Why is this funny?
Or is it? A PhD to anyone who can tell us, one way or the other.
May 18
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Hantavirus is a climate story.
We can't say that they didn't warn us.
May 14
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A Christian argument for birthright citizenship.
"Because every person is created in the image and likeness of God, the Church rejects the notion that some people are considered 'others' and do not…
May 12
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On Christianity, morality, and where the critical dividing lines are really to be found.
Bourgeois or not, sometimes morality is all that can really save us.
May 8
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Things I never did and (probably) will never do.
Also, not to be too morbid, how whole worlds disappear when we die. Still better than leaving this world as an empty vessel.
May 7
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