Historically, the great boulevards of Paris have channeled not just pedestrians and cars, but also political passions and causes—especially when the Republic seems endangered. On Feb. 2, Paris once again became a vast political stage. Read The Rest ☞Filed under: Recommended Reading

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A few years ago, when I was a graduate student in English, I presented a paper at my department’s American Literature Colloquium. (A colloquium is a sort of writing workshop for graduate students.) The essay was about Thomas Kuhn, the historian of science. Read The Rest ☞Filed under: Recommended Reading

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The Letters of Kingsley Amis contains a bravura passage in which Amis, writing to Philip Larkin sometime in 1982, complains about the theory of novel-writing espoused by their mutual friend Anthony Powell. Read The Rest ☞Filed under: Recommended Reading

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John Dear is a Catholic priest who has chosen an especially haunted place to keep vigil. For the past 12 years, he has lived alongside the Los Alamos National Laboratory, in New Mexico, birthplace of the atomic age and the country’s flagship nuclear facility, where he organizes regular protests. Read The Rest ☞Filed under: Recommended … Continue reading →

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Here is what is known about the Voynich manuscript, a mysterious document that has bedeviled scholars and top cryptographers for more than a century: It consists of 246 pages of handwritten script and illustrations. Read The Rest ☞Filed under: Recommended Reading

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