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O.J. Simpson, a Secret Informant and a Decades-Old Mystery

An “extremely reliable” informant told authorities about the missing murder weapon, according to newly unsealed records. The informant’s brother told The Times his sibling was at the crime scene.

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O.J. Simpson, a Secret Informant and a Decades-Old Mystery

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‘I Shall Be Very Surprised if There Isn’t a Next Chapter’: A Q&A With Sarah Coakley

Unless we can regenerate the depth of the theological tradition alongside the depth of spiritual transformation, our churches deserve to be empty.

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‘I Shall Be Very Surprised if There Isn’t a Next Chapter’: A Q&A With Sarah Coakley

NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Emperor of Nothing: The Making of Larry David,’ by Blake J. Smith

Thanks to begrudging cooperation from the comedian and writer, a new biography is suitably kvetchy, if a little too long and a little too nice.

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Book Review: ‘Emperor of Nothing: The Making of Larry David,’ by Blake J. Smith

NYT Books and Literature

America’s Answer to John le Carré

David McCloskey, a C.I.A. analyst turned spy novelist, has just released his fifth book, “London Station.”

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America’s Answer to John le Carré

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Craig Symonds, Prizewinning Military Historian, Is Dead

A U.S. Naval Academy professor and prolific author, he emphasized the strategic importance of naval superiority since the Civil War.

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Craig Symonds, Prizewinning Military Historian, Is Dead

NYT Books and Literature

Why I Canceled Russian Culture for Myself

A Russified education did not forbid access to my own culture, it just quietly weakened my instinct to reach for it.

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Why I Canceled Russian Culture for Myself