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Aug 18, 2026
Mario Vargas Llosa was 10 years old when his mother revealed to him, on a walk along the riverside promenade of the Peruvian city of Piura in early 1947, that his father was not...
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Mar 2, 2026
One of historians’ favorite parlor games is to debate when the French Revolution — or the Russian, Mexican or Haitian — can be said to have ended. The American...
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Feb 27, 2026
On a recent visit to Atlanta, my sister and I took a walk along the city’s Beltline, the project that represents the crowning public-works achievement of this southern...
Aug 18, 2026Mario Vargas Llosa was 10 years old when his mother revealed to him, on a walk along the riverside promenade of the Peruvian city of Piura in early 1947, that his father was not...
Mar 2, 2026One of historians’ favorite parlor games is to debate when the French Revolution — or the Russian, Mexican or Haitian — can be said to have ended. The American...
Feb 27, 2026On a recent visit to Atlanta, my sister and I took a walk along the city’s Beltline, the project that represents the crowning public-works achievement of this southern...