Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Men, Reading, And “Literature”

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     The trends running through the world of fiction publishing are susceptible to many possible explanations. One keeps coming up in discus...
Monday, June 15, 2026

The Great Men Of Our Time Have Their Own Fears

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     Consider this one:

Something Actually Newsworthy

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     Perhaps you remember this story:      A couple of days ago, something unusual happened Across the Water: A Briton dared to defend ano...
Sunday, June 14, 2026

Education Or Jobs?

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     The never-ending contentions over American education have several parts. One of them, “higher education,” is particularly significant f...
Saturday, June 13, 2026

Money Fights

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     If you’re around my age, and have had a lifelong addiction to the printed word, you might remember the halcyon days of the “advice colu...
Friday, June 12, 2026

Tax Shackles

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     I strained to come up with a clever neologism for what I’m about to address, but I failed. “Taxicles?” No, sounds too much like “popsic...
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Thursday, June 11, 2026

“Communities”

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     BREAKING NEWS! It has come to my attention, which, yes, has been slipping a bit, that a large percentage of the Gentle Readers of Libe...
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Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Did It Happen That Way?

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     The jury has returned its verdict in the case of Austin Metcalf and Karmelo Anthony: Anthony has been pronounced guilty of first-degree...
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