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I’m not sure why I think this, but Good Lord This Has Been A Long Week. I suppose it’s because…

Numerous professional writers — historians, political scientists, and journalists — have described a divided and dispirited America with no shining…

You already know this, but we live in deeply stuffy, oppressive times. You can get canceled for saying the wrong…

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Literary Journeys: Mapping Fictional Travels Across The World of Literature Edited by John McMurtrie (Princeton University Press, 256 pages, $29.95)…

A few weeks ago, while I was on my honeymoon in Rome, I was walking among the city’s ancient ruins….

Unlike, for example, the shiny dolts who control Hollywood, this column prides itself on its capacity to learn. For example,…

I’ll admit this up front: I’m not a huge fan of Tulsi Gabbard, the former congresswoman from Hawaii, former presidential…

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