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WE AREN'T THE WORLD
This year, a great institution celebrated the 50th anniversary of its founding, by another great institution who celebrated the 80th anniversary of his own founding. I'm honored [More...]
WHAT'S A CRIME?
All over the United Kingdom, right now, real crimes are being committed: mobiles are being nicked, front doors are being kicked in, bollards are being lobbed through bus shelters [More...]
TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER
I see the Hon. Paul Hellyer, privy councillor and veteran of the Pearson/Trudeau cabinets, is calling on Canada to reach out to "ethical EU societies."
Well, good [More...]
O COME, ALL YE FAITHLESS
Peter Watson, the author of a new book called Ideas: a History of Thought and Invention, from Fire to Freud, was interviewed by the New York Times the other day, and [More...]
Santa Steyn's Happy Holidays
THE WAR ON CHRISTMAS
One December a few years back, I was in Santa Claus, Indiana, and went to the Post Office – a popular destination thanks to its seasonal postmark. [More...]
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE
I read The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe to my little girl a few months back, and it seemed thinner gruel than I remembered [More...]
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THERE'S ALWAYS AN ENCORE...
Nancy LaMott, 1951-1995
Ten years ago I happened to be listening to the radio from New York - WQEW, their third birthday show. I wrote about it a while back in [More...]
CATERING OFF-OFF-BROADWAY
There may not be a lot of politics on the stage, but there’s plenty in the aisle seats. I went to see John Doyle’s production of Sweeney Todd at the [More...]
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Singin' in it
ADOLPH GREEN, 1915-2002
Three years ago I wasn't yet The Atlantic's in-house obituarist, but I always loved to write about the recently deceased. Mark Law, my editor at The Sunday [More...]
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