Gary Alan Fine, a Northwestern University sociologist who has studied a variety of recreational activities, wrote in his book ...

While Erdoğan consolidates power at home and prepares to project it abroad, he has set the stage for a clash with Israel.

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Republicans are considering a tax hike on the wealthy, and Grover Norquist is beside himself. “It’s an incredibly destructive ...

The term is applied to radically different compositions across more than 1,000 years of history. We need a better definition.

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