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Funny, often uplifting and mercifully short. Don Morrison is an author ("The Death of French Culture," "How Obama Lost America,") professor (Tsinghua University in Beijing, Sciences Po in Paris), and former editor at Time Magazine. His articles have appeared in the New York Times, the Financial Times, Smithsonian, Le Monde, Le Point, Liberation, Caixin and other leading publications. He is a commentator for NPR's Robin Hood Radio and a columnist for the Berkshire Eagle.
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Podcasts from The Berkshire Eagle, the voice of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, since 1852. The Eagle is a local newsroom covering the Berkshires and beyond. Visit us at berkshireeagle.com.
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Partisan mayhem and intimidation seem to be on the rise. Can American democracy survive?Kirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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They don't exist, but some people take them seriously. Maybe they're onto something.Kirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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Why a concept that has long divides us seems destined for oblivion.Kirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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An important profession is disappearing, Can the world survive?Kirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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A vice-presidential candidate had some unkind words for unmarried women with cats. Bad move.Kirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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Men run most of the world, but evidence is mounting women do it better.Kirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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Seems like ancient history now, but the assassination attempt against Donald Trump still looks a little fishy.Kirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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The U.S. vice-presidency has long been a thankless job. Suddenly, it's hot.Kirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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Political surprises in Europe, Supreme Court shockers in the U.S. and a debate performance that just won't go away.Kirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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An overdue screed on a major threat to civilized society.Kirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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The XXXIII Olympiad is only weeks away. Paris is still a construction site.Kirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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Graduation speeches are usually high-minded and bland. Not this year.Kirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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As a major restaurant chain goes bankrupt, some questions about its namesake.Kirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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How to survive in the age of him, her, they, them and other linguistic minefields.Kirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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College campuses across the U.S. are engulfed in anti-war protests. But that's nothing compared to 1968.Kirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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As Ben Franklin would advise, we shouldn't make fun of an old guy who stinks up the courtroom.Kirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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Somebody sent me a silly internet article. Now I'm scared.Kirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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The candidate has been surprisingly specific about how he would govern. We should pay attention.Kirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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America is at war. Over punctuation.Kirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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Ah, spring! Nature's ultimate con job. And we're not helping.Kirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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Where is Joseph of Arimathea when we need him? He's here, but you may not have noticed.Kirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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Cuba is dying, and we're mostly to blame.Kirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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How a chance encounter by a couple of women from very different worlds changed the face of music.Kirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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I started a GoFundMe campaign to pay our ex-president's legal bills. It didn't go the way I expected.Kirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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Politics used to be a serious undertaking. Now, it's a TV miniseries. May the best show get renewed.Kirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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100 years on, a jazz-infused musical mess still has its charms..Kirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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Monarchy has its critics but also its charms. Is there a lesson for America here?Kirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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More states are introducing witty road-safety signs. The feds want to stop them.Kirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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How book banning became our new national pastime. Only it isn't so new.Kirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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As scientists agitate to retitle a beetle, its unsavory namesake pops up in the U.S. presidential campaign.Kirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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In 1959, a national election hinged on whether the economy was really as good as it seemed. Sound familiar?Kirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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Christmas is days away, but its music has been annoying us for weeks. Maybe that's a good thing.Kirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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Marley was dead. But could his successor as House Speaker learn the true meaning of Christmas?Kirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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Losing touch with loved ones is bad enough. Not knowing whether they're alive or dead can be torture.Kirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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It's great that you separate the reusables from your trash, but you may be doing it all wrong.Kirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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How JFK's death 60 years ago made the world go insane -- and stay that way.Kirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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Our two leading presidential candidates can't seem to remember stuff. Is that such a big deal?Kirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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After centuries of slaughter and dislocation, Native Americans are on the riseKirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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Here's something that might arrest our downward slide into nastiness.Kirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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Can humankind survive the weaponization of anxiety?Kirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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Israel-Hamas misinformation flourishes on a social media site run by a certain free-speech absolutist.Kirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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Reading to your kids in the age of book banning.Kirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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On Russia's southern border, a small nation dreams of the West -- and lives in uncertainty.Kirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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Why America is suffering an epidemic of tooth-grinding.Kirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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Why can't America pay its culture workers what they're worth?Kirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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No wonder it's hard to accept the reality of climate change. We're programmed not to.Kirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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A newspaper is raided, somebody dies, and the American press is suddenly back in 1837. For me, it's personal.Kirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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A small white town sent a smart black boy into the world. More than a century later, he's finally coming home.Kirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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Our leaders are growing long in the tooth and won't step aside. Here's how to fix that.Kirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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The U.S. just gave Ukraine a banned weapon. Should we be alarmed?Kirjoittanut Donald Morrison
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