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Like many pet owners, my partner and I have a long list of nonsensical nicknames for our 10-year-old tabby, Ace:...
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On the morning of July 4, 2012, two big headlines came from CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, in...
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The Haitians had come to Sylacauga by bus.Two buses—possibly even three. But certainly more than one; of this, one resident...
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International affairs rarely determine how Americans vote in presidential elections, but this year could be different. The Biden administration’s policies...
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The story of Alexei Navalny is not funny. How could it be? We know how it ends. The Russian dissident...
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This year, the Atlantic staff writer Anne Applebaum was awarded the German Book Trade’s Peace Prize for her “indispensable contribution...
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Michael Keaton is a movie star who has the air of just a regular dude.That much was evident during his...
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Ibogaine, a psychedelic compound found in plants native to central Africa, is notorious for the intensity of the trips it...
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Before we’d even started she’d begun to clear, the whitefish salad bought special for those among us still unschmeared.So good...
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About a month ago, I was greeted by a welcome sight at the gas station in Connecticut where I usually...
