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Christopher Hitchens has died: Fighter, doubter, provocateur
Nation NowHitchens death reactions: A sampling of writers' reactions to the death of public intellectual and Anglo-American citizen Christopher Hitchens.... -
On Christopher Hitchens: August Brown considers
Jacket CopyAugust Brown writes: For me, his greatest influence was on the page. His style was defined by a refusal to resort to stock images and analysis -- or to accept them from others.... -
'Adventures of Augie March' is new One Book, One Chicago pick
Cultural criticForget that Packers-Bears rivalry. The greatest grudge match in history was waged by Thomas Wolfe and F. Scott Fitzgerald over the proper way to write fiction. In a letter to Fitzgerald, Wolfe called himself a “putter-inner.” He tried to cram...Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Saul Bellow, Hyde Park, Libraries, Breast Cancer
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Denis Dutton dies at 66; founder of Arts & Letters Daily website
Denis Dutton, a scholar, author and Internet trailblazer who founded Arts & Letters Daily, a pithy website that links thousands of devoted followers around the world to smart, provocative writing online about books, culture and ideas, died Tuesday in...Tags: Philosophy, Peace Corps, Prostate Cancer, Matt Drudge, Family
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'Backing Into Forward: A Memoir' by Jules Feiffer
Backing Into Forward
A Memoir
Jules Feiffer
Nan A. Talese/Doubleday: 450 pp., $30
Whether newspapers live or die, the prognosis for the comic strip doesn't look promising. The extinction of the form not much more than a century after its birth would...Tags: Jules Feiffer, Schools, Greenwich Village, New York University, Judaism
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'My Father's Bonus March' by Adam Langer
My Father's
Bonus March
Adam Langer
Spiegel & Grau: 244 pp., $26
In June 1932, at the height of the Great Depression, a ragtag collection of World War I veterans converged on Washington, D.C., to demand money the government had promised them. About...Tags: Corporate Crime, Documentary (genre), World War I (1914-1918), Veterans Affairs, Family
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Irving Kristol dies at 89; godfather of neoconservatism
Irving Kristol, a forceful essayist, editor and university professor who became the leading architect of neoconservatism, which he called a political and intellectual movement for disaffected ex-liberals like himself who had been "mugged by reality," died...Tags: Philosophy, Interior Policy, Vietnam War (1955-1975), State Budgets, Social Sciences
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November 4 - Author Adam Langer
WGN NewsMy Father's Bonus March To purchase a copy of the book: My Father's Bonus March Events: Wednesday, November 4th 7 p.m. Book Stall 811 Elm Street Winnetka Thursday, November 5th 6 p.m. Chicago Public Library 400 S. State Street Chicago To his...Tags: History, John Kerry, World War I (1914-1918), Chicago Public Library, WGN
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Putting 9/11 into perspective
IMAGINE THAT on 9/11, six hours after the assault on the twin towers and the Pentagon, terrorists had carried out a second wave of attacks on the United States, taking an additional 3,000 lives. Imagine that six hours after that, there had been yet...Tags: Johns Hopkins University, History, World War II (1939-1945), Terrorism, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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John Updike dies at 76; Pulitzer-winning author
John Updike, the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction whose novels and short stories exposed an undercurrent of ambivalence and disappointment in small-town, middle-class America, died Tuesday. He was 76.
Updike's death from lung cancer was...Tags: Cynthia Ozick, Family, Skin Conditions, Chiron Corporation, Diseases and Illnesses
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Six years later
Today, Bandow and Hewitt discuss progress in the war on terrorism. Yesterday they debated the Petraeus report. Later this week they'll focus on Osama bin Laden's new message and other topics. A mixed report By Doug Bandow Hugh, Six years have passed...Tags: Afghanistan, Migration, Terrorism, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Mitt Romney
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The politics of war
Today, Townhall.com's Hugh Hewitt and the American Conservative Defense Alliance's Doug Bandow assess the domestic politics of foreign war. Previously, they re-imagined the War on Terror, pondered the meaning of Osama bin Laden, assessed the state of...Tags: Halliburton Company, David Petraeus, Terrorism, Mitt Romney, Executive Branch
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