The earliest plague epidemics may have been caused by marmots

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The Declaration of the Enslaved

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Peace With Iran Is All About Lebanon Now

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My Descent Into Mah-Jongg

What Makes a Person: The Seven Layers of Selfhood in Literature and Life

Is Europe Finally Taking Responsibility for Its Own Defense?

The Fed Has Been Honest and Stupid

No Bridge Over Healing Waters for the G7

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Children’s literature used to get reviewed in serious outlets. That’s stopped — and has that turned the genre to “crud”?

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Generational Debts of Gratitude

Terrorists and Criminals Reportedly Got $37.5 Billion From COVID Relief and Other U.K. Aid Programs

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The Best Religion in the World

Today in Supreme Court History: June 12, 1967