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Continue reading →: Letter to an American FriendA heart-felt letter to my American friends. America—and Americans who expect better from their leaders—deserve far more than this.
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Continue reading →: The White Queen — Philippa GregoryElizabeth Woodville, roses, and the limits of historical fiction—a review
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Continue reading →: The same, but different timesOne street, one year, a hundred different skies. The ordinary made strange by attention.
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Continue reading →: Est! Est!! Est!!!Est! Est!! Est!!! di Montefiascone a delightful wine, classic, with history, and a legend.
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Continue reading →: It is Not the MediterraneanLeave it to Ivanka to make it worse. Her interview struck European audiences as a kind of romantic neo-colonialism — a modern Christopher Columbus stepping off a yacht, taking a swim in crystal-clear waters, and declaring she had discovered something. Never mind that the island had a history, an ecosystem…
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Continue reading →: Summertime“Summertime” is one of those songs that feels simple on the surface but carries a great deal of emotion underneath.
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