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I wrote about Bates College’s first two major leaguers, the first man to score a touchdown on historic Garcelon Field,…

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On August 12, 2022, a 24-year-old California-born Islamist named Hadi Matar rushed the stage of the Chautauqua Institution in upstate…

I was on a beach in Brazil two Christmases ago when I heard that Anne Rice had died suddenly of…

I love Thanksgiving. It’s the best American holiday — besting July 4, if only because the celebrations don’t scare the…

In the not-so-distant past, conservative entertainment options were usually inflicted by the very serious plague of cringe. Think of the…

Federico Fellini is often lauded for the highly imaginative quality of his films. Indeed, so powerful is the association of…