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May 29, 2021
What’s Wrong With Bob Dylan’s Biographers?

The fiercely competitive field of Dylanology pits expert against expert. No one is spared—not even Dylan himself.

by John Semley
 
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Rosa Brooks wanted to fix law enforcement. She decided to become a police officer.

by Patrick Blanchfield
 

The deception isn’t just a matter of language. It’s baked into the institution.

by Stuart Schrader
 

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The mayoral race used to be a reliably entertaining fight between outsize personalities and master operators. Now it’s a snooze fest.

by Walter Shapiro

I am a fan of “Hillbilly Elegy”—even the movie!—but I can no longer admire the plutocratic fraud that its author has become.

by Timothy Noah
 

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