IN THE WORLD OF ALTERNATE HISTORY, IT ALL CAME OUT DIFFERENTLY. AND, IN AN ERA WHEN REAL HISTORY IS TAKING SOME VERY STRANGE TURNS, THE GENRE IS FLOURISHING AS NEVER BEFORE.
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Smarter than stupid, of course, but does the intellectual tradition that began with the century suggest that there's such a thing as being too smart for the country’s good?
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The word emerged during the Depression to define a new kind of American adolescence, one that prevailed for half a century and may now be ending.
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A century and a half ago, two young girls started hearing noises they said came from beyond the grave, and then embarked on a lifetime career that began a national obsession with spiritualism that has lasted to this day.
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Nikita Khrushchev’s son recalls a world in which the United States was the Evil Empire, and the Soviet superpower was a carefully maintained illusion.
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VOTER TURNOUT MAY BE DOWN IN RECENT YEARS, BUT THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE COMMON CITIZEN HAS GROWN TO FAR SURPASS ANYTHING THE FOUNDING FATHERS EVER DREAMED OF.
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