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The dawning of America’s imperial ambitions
Leading those who believed it was America’s destiny to acquire an empire were Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts and Theodore Roosevelt, a newly minted war hero.
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Russia needs a truth commission now.
The story of a corrupt president, Boris Yeltsin, and his successor, Putin, trying to reconstruct their country as a world power
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Searching for connections in the Vietnamese diaspora
The challenge of invisibility is paramount in ‘The Refugees.’
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On the trail of Jorge Bergoglio
Mark K. Shriver, a member of America’s most famous Catholic family, sets out to search for the “real” Pope Francis.
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Viet Thanh Nguyen writes about the refugees we don’t remember anymore
The author of “The Sympathizer” has a new book of short stories about Vietnamese-Americans who do not fit stereotypes.
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Lemony Snicket’s tales for children take children seriously
As in real life, in Netflix’s adaptation unfortunate events take their course, punctuated by victories great and small, ad infinitum.
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Book Club
Three little-known Catholic novels that can enrich your faith
The work of Kate O’Brien, Brian Moore and John McGahern deserve attention in any conversation about the Catholic literary tradition.
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A lover of fiction sets out to find the truth
Moonglow may be the most entertaining, well-written and truthful memoir you’ve ever read.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
‘A Man Called Ove’ will win the foreign film Oscar. Oddly, it deserves it.
Thanks to the arcane rules behind the foreign-language Oscar, sentimentality usually reigns supreme.