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Carpenter: A Landmine Survivor’s Resilience

Khalil Sahragard’s documentary short follows an amputee in Kurdistan who carves prosthetics for others who, like him, have lost limbs to munitions left...

The Holiday Crossword: Friday, December 8, 2023

Today’s theme: 2023 in literature. Source link

The Capital Has a Bad Case of Year-End Panic

Sometimes Washington needs to scare itself silly to get anything done. This year’s repeated threats of government shutdown are classic examples, even if...

The Fight for a Free Press in the Muscogee Nation

In November, 2018, the legislative body of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation—a self-governed tribe in Okmulgee, Oklahoma—called an emergency session to repeal a three-year-old...

Few Films Make Ideas Exciting, but “Origin” Succeeds

Hollywood movies have a problem with intellectual endeavor; just look at the thinly imagined inner lives of the titular protagonists of “Oppenheimer” and...

How Would This Supreme Court Rule on Book Banning?

Last Thursday, Penguin Random House, along with a group of writers, educators, and parents in Iowa, joined the front ranks of the high-stakes...

The Senate Battle Over Immigration and Aid to Ukraine

In the previous Congress, Senator Chris Murphy, the Connecticut Democrat, helped negotiate two bipartisan deals, one on gun control and one on election...

Daily Cartoon: Thursday, December 7th

Finally, time to shine. Source link

Inside the Illegal Cactus Trade

The succulent Dudleya pachyphytum is known as the Cedros Island live-forever. It has also been called the panda bear of plants, on account...

How Old I Think Your Kid Is

I think that your kid is the same age she was when you and I first met. It doesn’t matter how long we’ve...

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