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Crimes & Punishments
Ah, God, punish, we pray thee, with pestilence and famine, and with that evil and sickness may be else on earth; but be not silent, Lord, toward us!
—Martin Luther, 1569
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- Déjà Vu Is history repeating itself? The Déjà Vu blog investigates... Our Eyes Ache With Reading — Coping with information overload in the seventeenth century and the twenty-first. Should Have Sent a Poet — Wyclef Jean and Gabriele D’Annunzio are both artists turned politicians who wanted to bring a healing brand of nationalism back to their home countries. National Pastime — Lacrosse is one of the oldest games in North America, but the Iroquois national team can’t seem get off the continent for the World Championships in England.
- Roundtable Insight and analysis from renowned writers and thinkers. The Wrestler Princess — The Mongolian princess who was the inspiration for Turandot rejected any man she deemed athletically inferior to her. This Tennis Life — Andre Agassi’s literary memoir is a sports book that even David Foster Wallace could have loved. Thrilla in Manila — Basketball is the dominant sport in the Philippines, where companies own the teams and bad calls aren’t tolerated by the fans.
