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Questions of Character
An ancient literary genre meets modern academe: Scott McLemee considers a recent "typology of scholars."
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Policing Sexuality
A recently discovered letter and a new book reveal a dark side of American law enforcement. Scott McLemee investigates.
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'More Complicated Than That'
A new book by a British scientist tackles science and medicine in a muckraking spirit. Scott McLemee thinks Americans need it ASAP.
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Pressed for Time
Our devices grow ever more efficient, yet our lives only more harried. Scott McLemee reviews a book on the paradox of digital temporality.
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Tintinnabulation, Nevermore!
He's a canonical figure in American literature, but Edgar Allan Poe's verse has always had its detractors. Scott McLemee considers a quaint and curious volume in his defense.
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The Law and Gay Rights
Given chance to consider bans on same-sex marriage in five states, the Supreme Court refused. Scott McLemee looks at a book on the long backstory.
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Meta-Googling
The leading search engine for academic research is almost 10 years old. Scott McLemee considers how it's grown -- and to what size.
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I Am Curious (Yellow)
They die a thousand times, and heroes only once -- but nobody analyzes them. Scott McLemee consults the first history of cowardice