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  • On This Day, the Berlin Wall Began to Rise

    On This Day, the Berlin Wall Began to Rise0

    East Germany, formally known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), wanted to be a paradise for the common folk. It called itself a “workers’ and peasants’ state.” Its anthem, “Risen from Ruins,” brought to mind a phoenix rising gloriously from the ashes of World War II. From cradle to grave, the East German government cared

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  • On the Power of Quiet Lives

    On the Power of Quiet Lives4

    Under her pen name George Elliot, Mary Anne Evans wrote these words in her 1871–72 novel Middlemarch: The growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a

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  • On the Importance of Shoes

    On the Importance of Shoes7

    I was serving as a Housemaster in an English boarding school when I finally learned the full importance of shoes. Every night after supper the boys would have an hour to complete their homework and get ready for bed. The bedtime ritual consisted of tidying their dorm space, having a bath or shower, brushing their

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  • On the ‘Times’ Machine: A Trip Into ‘The New York Times’ Past

    On the ‘Times’ Machine: A Trip Into ‘The New York Times’ Past1

    For my birthday this year, one of my sons gave me an unexpected gift. The brown box, rectangular and less than 2 inches wide, contained another slightly smaller box, black and classy, which in turn contained a complete and original copy of the Thursday, March 1, 1951, New York Times, the newspaper from the day

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  • On Syria and the Confusion of Consuming News in the Age of Trump

    On Syria and the Confusion of Consuming News in the Age of Trump0

    We were warned. What would happen? Who could we trust? In the era of fake news, “alternative facts,” insult, and innuendo, when the time came…who was to be believed? In the fog of war–even of limited war and tactical skirmishes–the truth splinters into half-truths, conflicting conclusions, and incomplete accounts. On Tuesday, April 11,2017, the Washington

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  • On Specialization and Psychotics

    On Specialization and Psychotics0

    Aspiring writers are frequently told that they should “become an expert in one thing” if they hope to someday make it big. However, in our hyper-specialized modern society, the advice is fitting for just about any profession. The path to professional and/or financial success usually involves choosing a focus area and steadily adding to one’s

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