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The ping heard round the world
Nixon’s opening to China
Jul 28
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Kalb, Marvin
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A French school and the philosophical education of America’s Founding Fathers
The College of St. Omer had an outsized influence on US independence.
Jul 3
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De Lencquesaing
9
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The secret plan to murder a pope
Forty-five years after the attempt on John Paul II’s life, the Kremlin has yet to be officially blamed.
Apr 21
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Kalb, Marvin
11
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Revolution redux
The early Soviet writer Vladimir Zazubrin’s depictions of cruelty and violence have largely been forgotten. It’s time to change that.
Apr 7
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Dmitry Bykov
16
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Ars Poetica
A writer tries to make sense of a violent world
Mar 31
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Anna Badkhen
13
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Dateline Moscow: The Cuban missile crisis
Reporting from the Soviet capital about seven days that changed the world
Jan 27
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Kalb, Marvin
12
4
Art Deco mania spreads through Paris
The movement first swept the world a century ago.
Dec 23, 2025
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Elizabeth Wise
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A forgotten vision for Middle East peace
In 1919, the King-Crane Commission on the defunct Ottoman Empire issued a report one historian called ‘one of the great suppressed documents of the…
Sep 3, 2025
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Daniel Warner
11
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‘Prolonging the life of this bizarre case’
Persistent echoes of the Scopes ‘monkey trial.'
Aug 5, 2025
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Robert Coalson
5
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Edward R. Murrow, a journalist of a different era
Who will stand up for the truth in our time?
Jul 28, 2025
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Kalb, Marvin
8
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Mein Kampf 100 years on
What is its significance for the resurgent far right?
Jul 10, 2025
5
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On The New Yorker
Harold Ross's gamble, 100 years on.
Jun 26, 2025
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Adam Van Doren
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