Underworld Turns
Is America now becoming a nation of pessimists?
We need to read the fine print. People may be more pessimistic about the American Dream as a concept, but the same isn’t true for their own personal lives. Asking “Do you think the American Dream — that if you work hard you’ll get ahead — still holds true, never held true, or once held true but does not anymore?” generalizes people’s thoughts about the concept itself but not people’s own experience.
Epic moves
A. E. Stallings immerses herself in Daniel Mendelsohn’s new translation of Homer’s Odyssey; and Dinah Birch is intrigued by an ambitious novel twenty years in the making.
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Going back home to the Romans
Last night I gave the first performance in my “show” tour, the Secret Histories of Rome. It was in Shrewsbury, where I grew up. In some ways that makes for a comfortable landing – and several women who had been in my class at school, and whom I hadn’t seen for more than fifty years, […]
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LAPD in pursuit of alleged murderer near South Los Angeles
Dodgers announce Clayton Kershaw will retire at end of season
California road rage incident ends in death of innocent driver: police
The “Chaos and Cruelty” of Trump’s Worksite Immigration Raids
Donald Trump takes swipe at Prince Harry in banquet address with cutting remark

