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Guardians of the flame
Listen to "A Life in Biography"
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Karen Christensen
October 2023
The mezuzahs on my doorposts
I don't know who put them there, and until this month I hadn't given them much thought
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The US line of succession
One of many curious features of the American political system
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The company of strangers
In a time of discord, finding ways to bridge our differences becomes essential
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Karen Christensen
September 2023
Whose life is it, anyway?
Biographers, memoirists, family, friends, lovers, and lawyers weigh in.
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Never too late
My mother is going back to college at 89
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August 2023
July 2023
The American Lake District
Years ago I came from London to a part of western Massachusetts called “The Berkshires.” I had never heard of it, and had trouble pronouncing it…
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T S Eliot's desk has a new, working typewriter
Analog thinking for the way we live now
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June 2023
Our Second Freedom Day
Today is Juneteenth in the United States, a new federal holiday
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Karen Christensen
May 2023
More about religion's dark side
And the surprising history of the US anti-abortion movement
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