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Complicity is neutrality’s long shadow | Editorial

Complicity is neutrality’s long shadow | Editorial

By Editors October 7, 2025

680,000. That is the estimated number of Palestinians murdered by the Israeli state over the past two years, according to a recent calculation by Richard Hil and Gideon Polya based on civilian death...

Is ‘Didion and Babitz’ quality commentary — or a contrived catfight? | Better Late Than Never

Is ‘Didion and Babitz’ quality commentary — or a contrived catfight? | Better Late Than Never

By Erica Schwartz, Lifestyle Editor October 1, 2025
Like so many young women in journalism, I am a Joan Didion devotee. Likewise, I am a major fan of Eve Babitz. While I admit some passages in “Black Swans” gave me a bit of a headache, I find her life and work enchanting. So, imagine my shock when a book about two of my literary favorites left me with a sour taste in my mouth.
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