PLANK AUGUST 7, 2012
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Usain Bolt is part man, part myth. And his outsized fame may be his greatest feat of all.
Spiegel Online | 12 min (3,038 words)
God and Graham crackers: The surprising religious roots of American foodie-ism.
Religion and Politics | 9 min (2,148 words)
Joe Arpaio has branded himself as America’s meanest sheriff. A closer look at his brazen assault on immigration.
Rolling Stone | 12 min (6,057 words)
Empathy and injury: Did poetry give us a gentler, more compassionate legal code?
Boston Review | 13 min (3,296 words)
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