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On the design and redesign of American education
Literacy among the ruins
Notes on a noble American tradition
A prayer for the Chicago Cubs
The necessary parasites of capitalism
The computer virus is an ode to our digital disaffection
On the theory of virtuous empire
Listening back on a century of sound
How the oil tanker Condoleezza Rice lived up to its name
A radical plastic surgeon wants to give you wings
The modern sneaker picks up where the foot leaves off
A pocho tours Mexico
Seeking appraisal at the Antiques Roadshow
On politics and the art of acting
Translating Nabokov by epistle
Today's Christianity offers a different Bible for everyone
A new pest threatens to wipe out the California wine industry
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