There’s a familiar rhetorical pattern to retirement announcements by most members of Congress. Whether a Democrat or a Republican, they’ll none-too-humbly brag about the federal largesse brought by them to their state or district. They’ll also praise their own judgment and wisdom, often with a quote from William Shakespeare or the Bible about knowing when […]
Exiled Iranian writer Shahrnush Parsipur on her International Booker Prize-nominated novella
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