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April 2, 2007

The New Yorker cover for April 2, 2007: “By Ned, you’re right, inspector—the body has been moved.”

“By Ned, you’re right, inspector—the body has been moved.”

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letter from europe

The Pope And Islam

Jane Kramer on Benedict XVI, Catholicism, and Islam.

"Islam has defined its own catalogue of human rights, which differs from the Western catalogue." — then-Cardinal Ratzinger, before becoming Pope

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Our Town

Jill Lepore on the many disagreements, both among historians and the public, over John Smith, Jamestown, and the first British colonists.

Teaching

Roddy Doyle’s short story about a melancholic teacher nearing the later years of his career.

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