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Once Again
Yoni Appelbaum, an Atlantic editor, asks in a recent article about American history in terms of its past and future. In it, Appelbaum highlights the need for a “coherent national story” as a way of surviving our politically polarized times. He explains that a more mainstream work-in-progress narrative he reports…
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An Invitation To What?
Read more: An Invitation To What?The new movie The Invite, which is widely recommended, is a summer diversion, and not much more. Angela (Olivia Wilde) secretly invites their upstairs neighbors…
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Of Course They Do And
Read more: Of Course They Do AndThe new movie Girls Like Girls, which is widely recommended, seems as confused as its characters are supposed to be. Teenage Coley (Maya da Costa),…
“There is always something to do. There are hungry people to feed, naked people to clothe, sick people to comfort and make well. And while I don’t expect you to save the world I do think it’s not asking too much for you to love those with whom you sleep, share the happiness of those whom you call friend, engage those among you who are visionary and remove from your life those who offer you depression, despair and disrespect.”
–Nikki Giovanni
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