A glance at the autumn issue of The American Scholar: Shakespeare’s Polonius -- the prototypical pundit? Catharine R. Stimpson, dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Science at New York University, ...

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From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

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He hesitates before the glass door of the downtown building, then pushes through and climbs a narrow staircase to the second floor. There he pauses again before the well-advertised insignia on another ...