Why Are Conservative Columnists All About Literary Allusions?
David Brooks and Bret Stephens present: Literature 101
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David Brooks and Bret Stephens present: Literature 101
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Beltway types frowned at Obama's speech, but public opinion didn't budge
NYT's David Carr calls for the CNN host's retirement
David Ignatius on Afghanistan and trade partnerships, Nancy Bauer on lady power, and more
Tony and Daniel Judt spar on Fathers' Day, Bono weeps over the Bloody Sunday report, and more
As pundits hype soccer's mass appeal, we look back to an essay that still holds up
Who directed this, Jackson Pollack?
The Portuguese novelist dies at 87
There was a basketball game last night too, you know
Robbed?! Or a good call?
Celebrate something else about South African culture
We take it she likes the sport
Hillary Clinton for Vice President, the joys of distance learning, and more
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Media critic Jay Rosen lays out a detailed critique of ideology in the political press
Was no one paying attention to the oil hearings?
Real America does not live in the TV
Deficits, divorce, health-care disaster. Someone think of the children!
Plus more dispatches from the World Cup
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A look back on the suspenseful masterpiece
With the fall of the favored champions, it's anyone's game
The best arguments for each
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Wes Davis on Bloomsday, Claire Berlinski on Sarah Palin as Thatcher's second coming and more
The backlash to the backlash of Beck's new book
Commentators fret over whether they can cheer
The British journalist is a judge on 'America's Got Talent'
Obama's Katrina, refugee reform, and more
Roundup of the strangest and archest soccer-related comments so far
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