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Turns out that no, he can't
As the Carter experience suggests, in presidential politics, great expectations often lead to crashing disappointments. Continue reading
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Read a Book for Black-History Month
For Black History Month, what one book on the black experience should every American read? Continue reading
The paradox of public service
by Brian Brown What if public service made you more selfish? It’s a counterintuitive notion, to be sure. President Barack Obama, after all, has promised to make public service ‘a cause of my presidency’ to help get the country back … Continue reading
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Valkyrie
A Film Review By James Bowman My first impression of Valkyrie — starring, as everyone knows, Tom Cruise as Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg — is how unexpectedly not-awful it was.
Those Odd Atheist Bus-Slogans
British atheists have paid to have buses carry advertisements saying: “There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.” Professor of Atheism Richard Dawkins, a geneticist by … Continue reading
