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Articles Written by: DAVID A. BELL
Wakefield blew their chance of moving back into the top six of Super League with an error-strewn performance that not only enabled Hull to grab a precious win and move up to third from bottom of the table but gave the visitors a psychological boost ...
From DAVID LAWRENSON AT BELLE VUE, The Observer, 12 Jul 2008
The notion of a Barack Obama-Hillary Clinton "unity ticket" has been floated quite a bit the last few days. But, seriously, is the idea any good? We asked a few friends of the magazine to weigh in.
David A. Bell, professor of history at Johns Hopkins ...
From DAVID A. BELL, MICHAEL TOMASKY, MARK SCHMITT, ALAN WOLFE, AND ED KILGORE, The New Republic, 9 May 2008
Given how fiercely cultural conservatives defend the importance of a single "Western canon," it is more than a little ironic that different parts of the West have such different versions of it. True, the canon everywhere tends to start with the same ...
From DAVID A. BELL, Slate, 14 Apr 2008
If Barack Obama and
John McCain end up facing each other in the general election this year, one
particular special interest group will find itself unexpectedly discomfited:
the comedy writers of America.
Politically, these men and women may well ...
From DAVID A. BELL, The New Republic, 11 Feb 2008
Welcome to America, President Sarkozy! Come in, make yourself at home, and tell us all about your new policies. Oh ... and your divorce.
We in the United States are thrilled that you are coming to visit us to address a joint session of Congress ...
In the twentieth century, few if any countries did as much as France to change the way history is written. The Annales school, named after the brilliant journal of that title, and associated especially with the charismatic Fernand Braudel, led readers ...
From DAVID A. BELL, The New Republic, 22 Oct 2007
To the smoke rising from the Paris suburbs, the American press has been adding a generous portion of fog. Typical was the front-page story in last Friday's New York Times. A "significant proportion of the population," Craig S. Smith wrote, "has yet to ...
From DAVID A. BELL, The New Republic, 28 Nov 2005