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Spring 2024 - The American Scholar
“Football is an undeniably militaristic endeavor. It’s about taking and defending ground. It’s also about winning and its inevitable corollary, losing. Nobody’s goal is to play for a tie. Armistices a...
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Essays - The American Scholar
Essays
Essays
By Jay Neugeboren
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July 18, 2024
By Sandra Beasley
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July 11, 2024
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July 4, 2024
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About Us - The American Scholar
About Us
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Autumn 2023 - The American Scholar
“And like soldiers who … gazed at photographs of wives and children as they lay dying on the field, so too modern Americans improvised, saying goodbye to their kin not face-to-face but with iPads.”—Dr...
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Spring 2022 - The American Scholar
“Political hostility alone is not enough to trigger an arms race. Neighbors can detest each other without necessarily engaging in a competition for more and more dangerous weapons.”—Jeffrey Lewis, “20...
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Spring 2021 - The American Scholar
“It was the first time I had ever been denied alcohol by a Russian, and it was hard not to take that as a sign of social improvement.”—Graeme Wood Plus: Mary Jo Salter writes sonnets for Zoomtimes, S...