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A new book argues that Americans are deeply interested in the past, but in highly personal ways. Read >>
When Jerry Seinfeld pockets $250 million for the syndication rights to his show, he should thank the man who loved Lucy. Read >>
Every January, South Beach, the tropical-Deco capital, holds a week-long party. Read >>
Should our leaders say they’re sorry about slavery? About Indians? About their personal behavior? Such questions are hardly new; public contrition has been a national preoccupation for centuries. Read >>
Reflections on the Rat Pack: Many people know what they did. This is what they meant. Read >>
The head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee explains why it has always frustrated presidents, and why it doesn’t have to. Read >>
Half a century after his father’s death, he struck up an extraordinary friendship with the man who shot his plane down. Read >>
Connections with childhood, with a way of looking at life, and with a generation that remade our world Read >>
From law officer to murderer to Hollywood consultant: the strange career of a man who became myth Read >>
A young news photographer launched his career in the right place at the right time Read >>
Here are 12 classic holiday movies worth seeing when you can’t sit through It’s a Wonderful Life one more time. Read >>
The Geeks Have a Word for It Read >>
David McCullough explains why he thinks that history is the most challenging, exhilarating, and immediate of subjects. Read >>

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