All posts filed under: Weekly Reader

An occasional series of posts with links and short descriptions to books and articles of interest.

Weekly Reader: A baker’s dozen, second edition

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Why we get history so wrong, the media’s chance for improvement, and voting rights.

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If you think you are judging others when you write, you’re wrong. You’re uncovering yourself – Thomas Boswell

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As humans we should bear witness to each other’s suffering. Darnella Frazier bore witness and changed history.

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In the end, there are few men who find ways to live original lives. Moe Berg did that.

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Let’s celebrate National Poetry Month, the savior of the NY Public Library, and the extraordinary success of Covid-19 vaccines.

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New bridges, bad airport gates, and SPRINKLES! French Vanilla. Rocky Road. Chocolate. Peanut Butter. Cookie Dough.

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A functional morphologist and monster movie fan uses her science smarts to pick a winner. Plus other marvelous stuff.

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Stop the war ON government and begin to fight FOR government. And yes, my Southern accent is also returning.

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The first Native American Interior Secretary, media bias, a rejuvenated Penn Station, and inspiration from Dolly (again).

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Timothy Snyder and Lewis Lapham on the response to tyranny and the hard labor of democracy.