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February Theme: Backlist History

February Theme: Backlist History

Rereading books is a special kind of pleasure. The books that we revisit over the years provide us with markers of how much we have changed since the last time… READ MORE

Remembering Robert Dahl

Remembering Robert Dahl

Robert A. Dahl (1915 – 2014), eminent political scientist and champion of democracy, passed away on February 5, 2014 in Hamden, Connecticut, at age 98. Named by Foreign Affairs magazine the “dean… READ MORE

Your last minute holiday gift guide

Your last minute holiday gift guide

Laura Davulis— It happens: you put off your holiday shopping until the last minute, you start panicking, maybe you procrastinate a little more (perhaps by writing a holiday gift guide)… READ MORE

How We Think about Wall Street

How We Think about Wall Street

Read an excerpt from Wall Street Last month Strike Debt, an offshoot group of Occupy Wall Street, began buying strangers’ debt in order to make it disappear. Another manifestation called Occupy… READ MORE

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