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Outside Reading — The Star of the North edition

July 8, 2023 Dan Seeger

What Democrats Can Accomplish When They Control a Whole State by Grace Segers Like their cohorts on the other side of the Dairy State Divide, Minnesota Democrats have taken their recent wins at the voting booth as a mandate to … Continue reading Outside Reading — The Star of the North edition

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Outside Reading — The Dark Side of the Trousers edition

July 1, 2023June 30, 2023 Dan Seeger

Pink Floyd, ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and Me by Charlie Savage Charlie Savage, who’s now a well-regarded political journalist with a Pulitzer Prize on his shelf, recounts his experience a cub reporter when a human interest piece about stoners syncing … Continue reading Outside Reading — The Dark Side of the Trousers edition

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Outside Reading — Louis, I Think This Is the End of a Beautiful Friendship edition

June 24, 2023 Dan Seeger

TCM Fans Are Right to Worry by Josef Adalian It was probably inevitable that the rampage of the wrecking ball serving as Warner Bros. Discovery CEO would eventually reach Turner Classic Movies, the one network that deserves to be part … Continue reading Outside Reading — Louis, I Think This Is the End of a Beautiful Friendship edition

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Outside Reading — Fahrenheit 450 and Rising edition

June 17, 2023June 16, 2023 Dan Seeger

As more schools target ‘Maus,’ Art Spiegelman’s fears are deepening by Greg Sargent Art Spiegelman has been here before, so when he intimates that the right-wingers’ frothing eagerness to ban books is at a higher level than before, and showing … Continue reading Outside Reading — Fahrenheit 450 and Rising edition

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Outside Reading — Knives Packed edition

June 10, 2023 Dan Seeger

What Top Chef loses when it loses Padma by Christina Izzo Our household has watched Top Chef from the beginning, even in the false start year hosted by the glob of charisma antimatter that was married to Billy Joel for … Continue reading Outside Reading — Knives Packed edition

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Outside Reading — A Conductor of Acoustical Resonance edition

June 3, 2023 Dan Seeger

Searching for Meg White by Melissa Giannini Melissa Giannini writes about her recent attempts to secure an interview with drummer Meg White, a journalistic task that’s always been difficult but has been essentially impossible in the decade-plus since the White … Continue reading Outside Reading — A Conductor of Acoustical Resonance edition

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Outside Reading — States of Disgrace edition

May 27, 2023 Dan Seeger

Texas Tortures Pregnant Women Who Need Care by Michelle Goldberg Writing for The New York Times, Michelle Goldberg recounts the experience of several Texas women whose medical emergencies were made more dire by the deliberately vague and proudly cruel anti-abortion … Continue reading Outside Reading — States of Disgrace edition

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Outside Reading — Gravel Roads edition

May 20, 2023 Dan Seeger

The Epic Return of Lucinda Williams by Bronwen Dickey Bronwen Dickey’s profile of Lucinda Williams is utterly splendid. It helps, of course, that the musician has lived a colorful life. In the article, Dickey demonstrates a flair for identifying the … Continue reading Outside Reading — Gravel Roads edition

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Outside Reading — The Masters Are Here edition

April 15, 2023April 13, 2023 Dan Seeger

The Low-Stakes Magic of Trivia by Richard Morgan It’s always a pleasure — laced with a hint of the unreal — to see the trivia contest to which I’ve devoted ludicrous amounts of time and mental energy get an adoring … Continue reading Outside Reading — The Masters Are Here edition

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Outside Reading — That Is Not the Law edition

April 8, 2023 Dan Seeger

The Lawless Ruling Against the Abortion Pill Has Already Prompted a Constitutional Crisis by Mark Joseph Stern The right-wing’s demolition of all structures of law and governance in the name of foisting their regressive agenda on the rest of the … Continue reading Outside Reading — That Is Not the Law edition

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