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When Hollywood Put World War III on Television
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The ABC made-for-television movie The Day After premiered on November 20, 1983. It changed the way many Americans thought about nuclear war—but the fear now seems forgotten.
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A Preview of Hell
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The Books Briefing: Should We Still Read ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’?
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin, first published to colossal success in 1852, has been in reputational free fall ever since. Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel about the trials of an enslaved man named Tom who accepts his suffering with Christian equanimity proved a boon to the abolitionist cause, though its actual depictions of Black people skimp on providing
Mike Pence’s 11th Commandment – The Atlantic
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Ronald Reagan’s 11th commandment was: “Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican.” This weekend, Mike Pence—like most of the GOP field—struggled mightily to criticize Donald Trump while barely mentioning Trump’s name.
First, here are three new stories from The Atlantic:
Scared
When Alabama killed Jimi Barber
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After a series of botched executions, Alabama recently managed to execute a prisoner without incident. What does that mean for the future of capital punishment in the state?
First, here are four new stories from The Atlantic:
A Killing Without Incident
Late last
The Books Briefing: Ann Patchett
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The last book I read may be the perfect summer novel, one that almost seems engineered to hit every pleasure center in the brain: Ingredients include a feel-good romance, a bucolic setting, a narrator slowly spilling a story full of bittersweet nostalgia under a beating sun, afternoon swims in a lake, and lots of ripening fruit.
Trump’s Inevitability Problem – The Atlantic
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There’s Donald Trump, and there’s everyone else. At the moment, the former president of the United States appears unbeatable in the 2024 Republican primary race. But perhaps inevitable is a trickier word than it seems.
First, here are three new stories from The Atlantic
The Books Briefing: Akiko Busch
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Almost as soon as printing became widespread, books began serving as teaching tools. Just consider one of the 16th century’s best sellers, Il Galateo, Overo de’ Costumi, a primer on proper social comportment (example: A person should not sniff at their food or drink; “the reason is that from his nose could fall those things
Big Beer Is Not So Big Anymore
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Beer was once king. Now, with seltzers, canned cocktails, and other tasty beverages on the rise, what will become of brews?
First, here are four new stories from The Atlantic:
The Decline of the Brew
It’s Friday, so I’ll go ahead and say
Israel’s Avalanche – The Atlantic
Israel’s democracy is still intact, but the country has already lost something essential.
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Utter Collapse
As Israel nears the end of a week of turmoil, its democracy remains intact. On Monday, the country’s Benjamin Netanyahu–led ruling coalition—the most hard-right government in Israel’s history—passed one component of its planned judicial overhaul. The proposed legislation has inspired months of outcry from Israelis, many of whom believe, with good reason, that these changes
Musk’s fascination with the letter ‘X’
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Elon Musk has a long history with the letter X. What does it signify?
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Solving for X
A few months ago, at the start of an unintended streak of reading novels with characters