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Is the kind of humor popular today another symptom of the general erosion of civil discourse? Maybe, says a man who has spent a good deal of his life being funny; but more likely it’s just a vigorous breeze from the American frontier. Read >>
Despite all the recent talk, governments will never be much good at fostering new technologies. Read >>
First Ladies have been under fire ever since Albert Gallatin called Abigail Adams “Mrs. President.” Read >>
A Connecticut seafaring town has held off all challenges to its essential character for three centuries. Read >>
THE PICTURE IS MORE HEARTENING THAN ALL THE LITTLE ONES. Read >>
The ebb and flow of tooth and claw, fifty miles from Times Square Read >>
A long-time Republican-party insider and close student of its past discusses how the party has changed over the years, for better and for worse, and where it may be headed. Read >>
Two extraordinary sisters tell their story—a quiet epic that began in slavery days and isn’t over yet Read >>
They headed West from Broadway and Tin Pan Alley in the late 1920s, griped and groused when they reached Hollywood, and spent decades there producing the greatest outpouring of song America has ever known Read >>

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