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Getting Intimate With Updike

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Our Man in Amman

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Karp's Quest to Save the Shire

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Michael M. Rosen
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Putting Atheism on the Defensive

REVIEW: 'Taking Religion Seriously' by Charles Murray

Dan Hitchens
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Giving History the Human Touch

REVIEW: 'History Matters' by David McCullough

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Courage Under Fire

REVIEW: 'Fuji Fire: Sifting Ashes of a Forgotten U.S. Marine Corps Tragedy' by Chas Henry

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Charity Run Amok

REVIEW: 'Thrive: How the Science of the Adolescent Brain Helps Us Imagine a Better Future for All Children' by Lisa M. Lawson

Naomi Schaefer Riley
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C.P. Cavafy: Cosmopolitan Poet

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Joseph Epstein
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Shots Heard Round the World

REVIEW: '1942: When World War II Engulfed the Globe' by Peter Fritzsche

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Justice Barrett Makes Her Case

REVIEW: 'Listening to the Law: Reflections on the Court and the Constitution' by Amy Coney Barrett

Ed Whelan
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