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Jochnowitz: Could it happen here?

Poster for a Federal Theater production of "It Can't Happen Here" in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1937. The play was adapted from Sinclair Lewis' dystopian...

25.11.2024 7

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Jochnowitz: This is supporting our troops?

Credit: Getty Images. Not to sound like a scold, but shame on you, America. Shame on you if you reflexively thank people for their military service,...

26.08.2024 9

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Jochnowitz: History done right, warts and all

Detail of a pre-Civil War quilt on display at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, N.C. The last place I expected to find myself on a...

28.07.2024 10

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Dad miles bookend hike down memory lane

Herb Terns’ teen walks the shore of Moreau Lake. “Maybe a few miles in Moreau Lake State Park,” my wife, Gillian, proposed on a recent,...

31.05.2024 10

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Jochnowitz: Republican values upside down

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a lunch break in his trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 21. In 2016, Donald Trump was so afraid...

26.05.2024 30

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Jochnowitz: It’s not you; we’re in crazy times

Credit: Getty Images. One evening in the early 1980s, I was walking in New York City’s Chinatown. The sidewalks were very crowded and some impatient...

28.04.2024 30

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Jochnowitz: Oh, that poor, rich Donald Trump

Former President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at 40 Wall Street after a pre-trial hearing on March 25, 2024 in New York City. One of...

31.03.2024 6