Reviews and News:
Newly discovered Mark Twain children’s story to be released this fall.
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How the bald eagle became a nuisance: “Noble virtues do not map neatly onto apex predators, a fact that troubled Benjamin Franklin as early as 1784. In a letter to his daughter, he wrote: ‘I wish the Bald Eagle had not been chosen as the Representative of our Country. He is a Bird of bad moral Character. He does not get his Living honestly.'”
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In his new book, Joel Whitney claims that the 1950s CIA “swallowed media, the arts, and academia in one large covert gulp.” Meh.
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Russian team creates 3D model of Palmyra.
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In Case You Missed It:
Why did Britain’s first road atlas take you to Aberystwyth?
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The music of the Third Reich: “In The Political Orchestra, Swiss historian Fritz Trümpi pulls back the veil of forgetfulness to reveal how the Vienna and Berlin Philharmonics politicized themselves as willing instruments of propaganda before and during the Second World War.”
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A. M. Juster on poetry protests and why there are so few well-known conservative poets.
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The piety and wit of Monsignor Ronald Knox.
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Interview: John J. Miller talks with Edward Jay Epstein about how America let Edward Snowden steal its secrets
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Classic Essay: Joseph Epstein, “A Case of Academic Freedom”
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