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Baron Wormser: Era of Ill Will

It’s easier to be against something than to be for something, particularly since any ideal is bound to have flaws.

May 5, 2024 · 9 Comments

Arlene Weiner | Dear Editor:

We’ve subscribed to your magazine for a long time. We remember your recommendations for canned tomatoes and comparison of the nutritive value of brands of store bread, when those were … Continue reading

January 2, 2024 · 9 Comments

George Yancy: The “Problem” Isn’t Disabled Bodies — It’s the Violent Structure of Our Society

Christine Wieseler argues that medical models of disability “blame the victim” by emphasizing the idea of a conception of embodied normativity. In contrast, social models of disability rethink ways of “helping people to figure out how to live with impairments and chronic illnesses.”

October 17, 2022 · Leave a comment

David Adès: Walkabout

What is sacred to you should be sacred to me…

May 12, 2022 · Leave a comment

Michael Simms: Brotherly Love

we’re afraid to look deprivation
in the eye, resent admitting our own dumb luck

April 2, 2022 · 36 Comments

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