ARCHIVE:
Obit
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Marvin Miller
How the greatest union man in sports history shaped the games we watch today.
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The Heiress and Me
I knew Eva Rausing in rehab in the ‘80s. Her death shakes my faith in my own recovery.
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“Wield a More Subversive Sword!”
Writing advice from the scabrously funny, theatrically kvetchy, lovingly profane Maurice Sendak.
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The Will To Change
Adrienne Rich’s death leaves a hole in the culture that can’t easily be filled.
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“Feeding the Media Is Like Training a Dog”
What Andrew Breitbart tried to teach me about journalism.
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Present at the Creation
Frank Kameny, the modest, stubborn man who helped start the gay rights movement.
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Remembering Daniel Bell, 1919-2011
He wrote about everything and was deep about all of it.
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The Peacemaker
Richard Holbrooke knew that relationships were the building blocks of diplomacy.
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Herman Leonard
No one captured the passion and spontaneity of jazz like the late photographer.
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Vector of Evil
Dennis Hopper offered up his worst self for our revulsion and wonder.
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Oral Roberts and His Green Buick
He launched one of America's few homegrown theologies, the prosperity gospel.
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"What Are They So Scared Of? I'm Just a Little Old Lady."
Alison Des Forges, 1942-2009.
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Rabbit at Rest
The best of Updike, the worst of Updike, and why the two are connected.
