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Review
Talking trash
September 10, 2012 11:00 AMThe lead article in the sports section of the July 1 New York Times was about an Italian football player of African descent who scored both goals in his team’s defeat of Germany in the Euro... Continue reading
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Review
May I Speak Freely?
February 14, 2008 09:00 AMIt is our misfortune that Anthony Lewis stopped writing his column for The New York Times in 2001. For more than thirty years, that column was the first place to look for commentary about public affairs that was informed... Continue reading
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Essay
Rights and Wrongs
December 24, 2007 09:00 AMIn 2002, a year after the terrorist attacks on new York and Washington, the Bush administration published a new version of “The National Security Strategy of the United States of America.” That document helped to signal the administration’s intent... Continue reading
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