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7mins
China made America feel very old and tired, Franzen says.
4mins
Jonathan Franzen on growing up in the Midwest in the 1970s.
1mins
Innocence prolonged, innocence lost.
Should we have a national service? Good luck.
2mins
The Constitution was an effort to chain down and destroy certain powers.
3mins
Will this administration’s spending require a future tax hike?
4mins
No Democrat ran for Congress and said, “I will raise your taxes and these icky Republicans are too busy cutting your taxes.”
1mins
Grover Norquist, on how he’s shaped the national agenda.
1mins
Are liberty and equality contradictory terms?
5mins
Is the conservative movement coming apart at the seams?
3mins
Bringing together all those who wish to be left alone.
6mins
Summer heat, the first early morning of it…
5mins
The Web fosters a staggering level of global connectedness when it comes to communication, but may not actually change language all that much.
7mins
Jorie Graham explains her working method.