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Resistance

Esther Cohen
Asked to addressed the word “resistance,” New York poet Esther Cohen responds “courage,” which is not what the teacher expects, which helps define “resistance.”

‘Every Era Gets the Boswell It Deserves’

Nausicaa Renner and Pete Vernon Columbia Journalism Review
Michael Wolff appears on the Today show on Friday, January 5, 2018
Wolff appears to have played a monster hand of access journalism poker, bluffing his way into the good graces of the administration by attacking mainstream reporters for critical reporting in the early months of the Trump presidency only to rake in the pot by producing a devastating account of those who considered him a sympathetic observer.

Stephen Bites Into a Juicy New Book

With an assist from Donald Trump's cease and desist order, Michael Wolff's bombshell book is spilling secrets and breaking sales records.

Reince Priebus Notes Confirm James Comey Story

NYT reporter Michael Schmidt talks with Rachel Maddow about Donald Trump's pressure on Jeff Sessions not to recuse himself from the Russia probe, and Reince Priebus' notes confirming James Comey's testimony.

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Tough Guys

Kenyon Gradert Dissent
The author enlivens a type of working-class society where capitalism compensates poor men with the role of tough guy, all in the writer's effort to "bring the left to life."The End of Eddy does so in a style both plainspoken and visceral, using Louis's own childhood trials--like his protagonist much abused as a gay kid in a dead-end factory town --as a window onto the pathologies of a cloistered working-class existence.