Category: Cultural Trends
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A mess of gooey, gluey, goodness.
We turn to memes and tweets, chewy little mouthfuls of snark, savoring the ones that appeal to us,…
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The Orphans and the Red Priest
The well-bred and the well-heeled flocked to concerts at which a nun, dressed all in white with a…
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What rough beast?
Unfortunately, the machinery of governance was big and spooky and dangerous and the only people who knew which…
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Moody madness laughing wild
When things don’t work out, peasants revolt, voters flock to the polls, oppressed minorities throw themselves on the…
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Blood on the tracks
I am of the age at which I can occasionally begin a sentence with “In my day …”…
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The Barbarians at the Gates
Last Tuesday, in a California courtroom, a judge sentenced 23-year-old Casey Nocket to two years’ probation and 200…
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Words that Kill
In the aftermath of the Pulse nightclub shooting last weekend we’ve seen an outpouring of support and solidarity…
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Sweet Poison
My grandmother was not a fool. She was, however, a product of her time and her environment, and…
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Courage
Frustrated ISIS militants holding the city of Palmyra yesterday beheaded 82-year-old archaeologist Khaled al-Asaad. When Islamic State fighters…
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