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Tag: United States
Posted inNews & Politics
Can Congress be given the authority to override a presidential pardon?
Bill Cosby’s conviction leads Cecil Adams to a consideration of whether and how presidential pardons could be overturned.
Posted inBlogs
The dividing line between the U.S. and Canada
An addendum to Adam Gopnik’s argument that “we could have been Canada.”
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The Man in the High Castle imagines a world ruled by Nazis
Amazon’s latest original series tackles Philip K. Dick’s novel, in which America lost World War II.
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RIP essayist William Pfaff, one of America’s sharpest international correspondents
The writer and critic died Thursday.
Posted inArts & Culture
Solidarity in the American south in “Beyond Swastika and Jim Crow”
A new exhibit looks at young African-American scholars in the Jim Crow era—and the German Jewish refugees who taught them.
Posted inBest of Chicago
Best Obscure Monument That Determines When You Get to Work
Believe it or not, most towns used to maintain their own time based on the position of the sun.
Posted inBlogs
U.S. women’s soccer team coasts for the gold
The United States women prevail over Japan in Olympic soccer
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Three idle questions about the Oscars
Was George W. Bush the elephant in room? Is world cinema a series of soap operas? And is The Departed Martin Scorsese’s best movie?