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How Max the Macalester library cat enjoys his fame: film shoots, bookstore visits and groupies

Max sits on the windowsill of his St. Paul home, staring longingly out ... the orange tabby known for frequenting the Macalester College library — and then getting banned from it, Max has become an in... read more

Max The Cat Shoots To Stardom After Saint Paul Library Ban

SAINT PAUL, MN — Max is a cat, and you'd probably want to scratch him behind the ears if you crossed paths with him. He's so friendly and even-tempered you'd probably want to let him do whatever he wa... read more

The Writer I Was: Six Authors Look Back on Their First Novels

4. Emily St. John Mandel on Last Night in Montreal (2009) My first three novels were recently reissued, and I had the opportunity to read through them and make minor changes and corrections prior to p... read more

How Liberals Became the New Book Banners

In a contest pitting what the American Library Association calls “the value of free and ... The Supreme Court wisely said: No, the government cannot ban books—nor can it ban movies, or TV ads, or bill... read more

The immediate aftermath of tragedy

Yesterday, as you are no doubt aware, Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and 17 others were shot by a gunman at a constituent meet ... talk about what I saw on Twitter in the hour or two after t... read more

Why CNN reported 'Slavery's Last Stronghold'

(CNN) - On Sunday, CNN Digital released a special report called "Slavery's Last Stronghold." It focuses on current-day ... Work on this story started 11 months ago, after we stumbled upon a few of tho... read more

Christians: When It Comes to Homosexuality, Man Up

But you take the Bible out of a Christian’s hands, and he has no arrow left to shoot at the gay man or lesbian ... (And it’s spelled Paul — whom I love, but about whom we really should be more clear. ... read more

Students’ Picks: The Best YA Books of 2013

Tis the season for yearly book round-ups! Oh, how I love them. These columns grow my Amazon Wish List, along with my classroom library. As a high school teacher, it’s wonderful just to have the lists, ... read more

Free market talk with Keynesian action

The Coalition paints itself as a fierce believer in the free market, but its latest budget rhetoric and its role at the G20 show that it doesn't always think governments should simply get out of the w... read more

Historical Blu-ray Release Dates

But before she knows it, she's mixing drinks at Jeff's place and stripping for an impromptu photo shoot. It seems to be Jeff's lucky ... was never really sure what all the hate was about, but after th... read more

Alzheimer's patients overpaying for drugs

Professor Roy Jones, director of the Research Institute for the Care of the Elderly at St Martin's Hospital in Bath, said there was widespread outrage about the NICE decision. He said: '"We've had an ... read more