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Immigration: Curse or blessing?
Save us, Donald, from Uma Thurman and Andrew Grove
When we discuss immigrants and refugees, are we talking about malignant cancer cells spreading across the globe? Or are we talking about valuable human capital?
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The ‘good life’ in New York, redefined
A couple, their building, their city, and their world
My parents yearned to help make the world a better place. In their New York apartment they found the ideal vehicle for their project.
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Why football persists
Imagine a world without football
Football season is upon us again, and so are the inevitable calls for its elimination, not to mention my own personal conflicts concerning this violent sport. Is football good or bad? Maybe we’re asking the wrong question.
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A wake-up call at Penn, 1960
Failure and survival: My roommate’s tale
My Penn class of 1964 produced its share of overachievers. My freshman roommate wasn’t among them. But his survival was a remarkable feat in itself.
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Politics and entertainment
Donald Trump’s secret (Jon Stewart’s too)
If politics is such a serious business, why is an overgrown adolescent like Donald Trump outpolling serious adult candidates? Why was a “fake news” anchor like Jon Stewart more trusted than real news anchors? For good reason, it turns out.
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Democracy’s savior?
Where are you, Andrew Jackson, when we really need you?
From Russia to Hungary to Egypt, the forces of democracy seem in retreat. Who will champion government of the people? Funny you should ask. . . .
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De Gaulle vs. Hitler, 75 years later
When one man asked, ‘Has the last word been said?’
At a low point in French history, an obscure general aroused his nation to drive out a seemingly invincible foreign army, much like Joan of Arc five centuries earlier. You and I were among the beneficiaries, as I discovered last month.
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French turmoil, then and now
Terror in the trenches, and at the airport
The simulated terror of World War I trench warfare was behind us. Now, we were on the last leg of our vacation, heading for Charles de Gaulle airport outside Paris. We were about to experience a real nightmare of our own.
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My 15 minutes of fame
They call me the Yuppie specialist
My 15 minutes arrived last month, only 35 years after the seed was planted, and for a reason I would never have expected.
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A response to 'A defense of Andrew Jackson'
A slave-owner and an Indian-killer
Is considering Jackson’s treatment, personal and political, of blacks and Native Americans an example of political correctness gone awry, of unfairly “judging a 19th-century figure by 21st-century standards”? No, not at all.
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