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“If someone tells you he is going to make ‘a realistic decision,’” Mary McCarthy wrote, “you immediately understand that he has resolved to do something bad.” Calling a course of […]
Today was the last of three days of hearings this week on the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act (CEJAPA), introduced by John Kerry (D-Mass) and Barbara Boxer (D-Calif) […]
Stories from major newspapers this week have examined this moment of crisis for American foreign policy in the Middle East. Afghanistan is expected to receive more American troops, while a […]
While sustainable agriculture is rapidly becoming one of the looming issues of our time, a myth-based propensity toward naturalness may be stripping the movement of any effectuality.
I am in the heart of Tamil territory. I am surrounded by jungles and tea plantations. A few miles north of me is a camp of 250,000 internally displaced Tamil […]
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A conversation with the award-winning author and chronicler of the Native American experience.
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The writer explains why he idolizes ideas, not people.
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How getting inside a character’s mind can mean going out of your own.
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Sherman Alexie recounts his winning battle with alcoholism.
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Sherman Alexie weighs the joys and frustrations of different publishing formats.
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Sherman Alexie reveals how success has, and hasn’t, changed his life.
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The National Book Award winner and comedian explores the ancient connections between narrative and comedy.
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National unity can be a very elusive concept, even in a country like the United States (just ask anyone at a healthcare reform town hall). Then again, anyone who has […]
Author Janet Malcom’s book discusses the “morally indefensible” career of journalism in an industry which turns guttings into a spectator sport.
An aged Somalian man has made a 17-year-old his sixth wife after a huge wedding celebration with hundreds of guests.
New research reveals that birds use light rather than magnetic fields to aide their migration.
The Facebook game FarmVille is making agriculture sexy again. But are online farms warping our view of how food is made?
Sex could be ruled out of baby making if new artificial egg and sperm technology takes off.