Review: Sarah Vowell is Great -- But a Little Goes a Long Way
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"I’m all for the six or seven minute Vowell, which seems to be the right length for a yawp."
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Review: Mary Gaitskill’s Heartwarming Novel of Awkward Racial Tension
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A tale of how white guilt and the need for love intermingle to create messy human relationships
Read MoreReview: Exploring the U.S. and Israel's Complicated Relationship
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Helpful Advice from a Longtime Middle East Advisor
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Review: Why Can't Something Be Done About Our Broken Home Mortgage System?
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Government intervention in the mortgage market likely won't end any time soon
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Review: A Cuban-American Novel on the Pain of Living in Two Worlds
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By Madeleine Blais
This lively, sharply observed, and often humorous story shows what it is like to suffer from "bilocation"
Read MoreREVIEW — Getting Close to a Killer
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By Shawn Francis Peters
Much of The Man in the Monster is devoted to determining how an apparently mild-mannered person could morph into a serial killer
Read MoreREVIEW — A Family That Resisted the Nazis…and Paid For It
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by Amy E. Schwartz
Darkness lurking around the edges of heroism is the underlying and faintly troubling theme
Read MoreREVIEW – Abortion Without Apology
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By Dorothy Samuels
Abortion rights are in trouble in part because the pro-choice community fell down on the job
Read MoreREVIEW — The Tragedy of American Voting Rights
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