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Visuals from "Wood" in "The Life of a Showgirl" by Taylor Swift
October 5, 2025 Matthew Arnold Stern

The life of a showgirl at a crossroads

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Featured book: The Remainders

November 16, 2017 Matthew Arnold Stern

Appreciating the gray

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Spare us your “thoughts and prayers”

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Wisecracks that played Carnegie Hall

October 28, 2017 Matthew Arnold Stern

Taking no for an answer

October 26, 2017 Matthew Arnold Stern

Some good news

Russian cartoon against Halloween
October 22, 2017October 20, 2023 Matthew Arnold Stern

Beware of foreign influences?

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October 21, 2017June 14, 2024 Matthew Arnold Stern

Writing a better world

October 15, 2017October 15, 2017 Matthew Arnold Stern

Winning through character

October 11, 2017July 16, 2022 Matthew Arnold Stern

More writing tips

October 6, 2017October 6, 2017 Matthew Arnold Stern

YouTube channels on writing

Arguing about politics on social media accomplishes nothing
September 30, 2017June 7, 2024 Matthew Arnold Stern

Can we discuss politics civilly anymore?

September 26, 2017November 5, 2017 Matthew Arnold Stern

The challenge of 280

September 16, 2017April 21, 2019 Matthew Arnold Stern

About that word

September 14, 2017September 14, 2017 Matthew Arnold Stern

When technology fails us

Anti-Italian cartoon from 1888 (from Wikimedia Commons)
September 5, 2017January 17, 2025 Matthew Arnold Stern

You weren’t welcomed either

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