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Andrew Hacker, Author Who Challenged Conventional Thinking, Dies at 96

In a host of books and articles as a political scientist, he attacked received ideas on the battle of the sexes, the usefulness of high school math and other subjects.

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Andrew Hacker, Author Who Challenged Conventional Thinking, Dies at 96

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Poetry Challenge Day 4: What The Stars Can Teach Us About Love

Writers have been pondering the sky for centuries, but this poem helps us feel a little less solitary. Brush up on its last lines today, and tomorrow we’ll talk about the whole thing.

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Poetry Challenge Day 4: What The Stars Can Teach Us About Love

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Poetry Challenge Day 3: W.H. Auden, The Poet and His Technique

It helps to be a little heartsick — and the best poet of your time. Our weeklong poetry challenge continues, including W.H. Auden himself reading “The More Loving One.”

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Poetry Challenge Day 3: W.H. Auden, The Poet and His Technique

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The Month’s Best New Mystery Novels

Our columnist says Jordan Harper’s “A Violent Masterpiece” is just that: a violent masterpiece.

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The Month’s Best New Mystery Novels

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Book Review: ‘Israel: What Went Wrong?,’ by Omer Bartov

In “Israel: What Went Wrong?,” Omer Bartov charts how a nation founded in the wake of trauma abandoned the emancipatory impulse of its origins.

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Book Review: ‘Israel: What Went Wrong?,’ by Omer Bartov

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America Is Anxious About Its 250th Birthday. So Are Historians.

At the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians, scholars wrestled with what people want from national anniversaries — and whether historians can give it to them.

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America Is Anxious About Its 250th Birthday. So Are Historians.