Jon Meacham recently cited “Middlemarch” in a discussion about democratic notions of heroism.
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Meacham, Eliot on Democratic Heroism
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Zelenskyy Could Be a Hugo Character
Friday A Washington Post column yesterday reminded me of a post I wrote a year ago and which I am reconfiguring for today. Seeking to balance the inspiring leadership of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky with the grim reality of the war, David Ignatius wrote, Zelensky has taken the West with him, emotionally, to the barricades […]
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Zelenskyy Cites a Russian Poem
In an attempt to shame the Russian invaders, the Ukraine president cited a popular Russian poem.
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Trump Tries for a Deal You Can’t Refuse
In the Trump-
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