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“Richard, Richard,” they said to me often in my childhood, “when will you begin to see things as they are?” But I always learned from one thing what another was, and it was that way when we all went from Dorchester to New York to see my grandfather off for Europe, the year before the First World …
Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa speaks during a bi-monthly debate at the Portuguese parliament,Lisbon in March, 2018. NurPhoto/ Press Association. All rights reserved. Across the European continent, support for the populist radical right has increased over the last three decades. Even in countries that had seemed immune to such tendencies for decades, including Finland, Sweden and, above all, Germany, right-wing populist …
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Click:office desk chair Alice Duer Miller (July 28, 1874 – August 22, 1942) was an author, poet, and screenwriter. She is notable for, among other things, having published a collection of satirical poems, Are Women People? The title became a catchphrase for the women’s suffrage movement (she subsequently published a collection called Women are People!). …
Bumper stickers are some form of self expression, I guess. Whether you want the people who drive behind you to know who you voted for, that your kid made the honor roll, or that you are a huge Phish fan, people love adorning the back of their cars with stickers. But sometimes the design of …
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Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro. March 6, 2017. Xinhua/SIPA USA/PA Images. All rights reserved The financial blockade imposed on the Latin American nation is achieving its principle objective: to isolate Venezuela. However, the sanctions are also gradually creating open wounds within Venezuelan society. Wounds that are increasingly deeper that can’t be repaired so easily. Although the …
Larry Hogarth stood in his office at the back of the gallery, arms crossed, eyeing his latest acquisition with silent glee. The big canvas, unsigned, unframed, and a little tattered at the edges, dealt with religious themes. Hogarth saw at least three different biblical stories crammed in together, each situated in a different portion of …
Though largely forgotten, Jeff Brown’s 1960s fiction in the Post employs dark humor and psychology in puzzling stories of human interaction. “Incident on the Tenth Floor” is his 1966 story about a former actor facing the alienating business world amidst pressures from his wife’s wealthy parents. Jeff Brown’s short character study is representative of postmodern fiction of the ’60s in …
Ruby Rose has made history after being cast as Batwoman, the first openly-gay superhero to headline a TV series. The CW is currently developing a Batwoman series scheduled to premiere in the 2019-20 season. Rose identifies as gender fluid and is best known for her roles in “Orange Is the New Black,” “Pitch Perfect 3,” …
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Children of Iran, December 2017. Wikicommons/ Mostafameraji. Some rights reserved.On Tuesday night, I was on the plane coming back from giving a talk, when Donald Trump announced his rejection of the Iran nuclear deal. The subject of the talk, ironically, was the economic sanctions and the ordinary suffering of Iranians. With a few exceptions, which …
Beyond the ribbon of asphalt that wends through the landscape, Isabelle sees a man, young and darkly handsome. His arms open in welcome and he smiles, a sweetly amorous smile that makes her heart beat faster. It has been so long since she has seen him, kissed him. Her lips tingle with delicious anticipation. “Grandmama?” …
