PLANK JUNE 12, 2012
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Darwin's work was compassionate, humble, and full of his excitement for the world. But could he actually write an English sentence?
Times Literary Supplement | 5 min (1, 258 words)
The year is 1863. You are a newly liberated slave. And what you are facing, instead of freedom, is a public health catastrophe.
New York Times | 5 min (1, 144 words)
Remembering Paul Fussell, the man who showed us that thinking about war was necessary for citizens as well as politicians.
Chronicle of Higher Education | 5 min (1, 332 words)
The upcoming healthcare decision, argues Dahlia Lithwick, will show us whether conservative jurisprudence is more concerned with ideology or with destroying liberalism.
Bookforum | 7 min (1, 768 words)
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