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I’m Used To Keeping The People In My Life In Separate Compartments

I’ve never been one who wants to bring most of his friends together. I have friends in Orthodox Judaism. I have friends who are secular writers. I have exes. I have squeezes. I have dolls. I have playmates. I have … Continue reading

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David Mamet: Why I Am No Longer a ‘Brain-Dead Liberal’

He writes in the Village Voice: The play, while being a laugh a minute, is, when it’s at home, a disputation between reason and faith, or perhaps between the conservative (or tragic) view and the liberal (or perfectionist) view. The … Continue reading

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