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Awaiting the return of the eastern cougars

9 April, 2021 // Opinions // 0 Comments
The big cats, of which there are seven living members, have long dominated my imagination. As the sweet scents of springtime return to the air, their presence looms even greater in my mind as a… Read More...
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Europe must choose

5 March, 2021 // Opinions // 0 Comments
To the Anglosphere, the name Charlemagne recalls a Germanic warlord of the Dark Ages whose conquests entrenched Roman Catholicism and restored political order to post-Roman Western Europe—of consequence to Western civilization, naturally, but far removed… Read More...
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Who is the New England Yankee?

4 December, 2020 // Opinions // 0 Comments
The distinguished American writer E.B. White had his own opinion of who the Yankee is: “To foreigners, the Yankee is an American; to Americans, a Yankee is a Northerner; to Northerners, the Yankee is an… Read More...
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Oh, the places we’ll go!

20 November, 2020 // Opinions // 0 Comments
As we prepare to depart for the winter, I am becoming increasingly weary of the bleak effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Even if it is a couple months too late to mark the occasion of… Read More...
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To what do we owe the success of Halloween?

30 October, 2020 // Opinions // 0 Comments
When the darkness descends on Oct. 31, one can imagine that the electric spirit of Halloween will alight with no less intensity than in years past. As an occasion that is among the most immersive… Read More...
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Remembering “The General”

16 October, 2020 // Opinions // 0 Comments
This past Wednesday marked the 130th anniversary of the birth of Dwight D. Eisenhower. His rise to the rank of five-star general officer and then President of the United States, along with the monumental extent… Read More...
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The common virtue of Herbert Hoover and Jimmy Carter

9 October, 2020 // Opinions // 0 Comments
On Oct. 1, Jimmy Carter turned 96 years of age. Carter, already the oldest-living former President on the occasion of his 95th birthday last year, continues to be in good health with his wife Rosalynn… Read More...
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September memories of the American Revolution

25 September, 2020 // Opinions // 0 Comments
It hardly needs saying that Brandeis attaches a special importance to history. On some profound level the university understands that, without history, the conditions of the present are without context and the safeguards of civilization… Read More...
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To be born in the year of 9/11

18 September, 2020 // Opinions // 0 Comments
One week ago, this country observed a solemn occasion of remembrance to mark the 19th anniversary of the September 11 calamity. Flags throughout America streamed from half-mast out of respect for the fallen, public schools… Read More...
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Normalcy finds a way

11 September, 2020 // Opinions // 0 Comments
In no year, even in wartime, has daily life on an American college campus been so thoroughly policed. The measures are, quite understandably, accepted with little protestation by a student body that is aware of… Read More...
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