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Minnesota, Chicago, Austin. NY, RI, Ann Arbor. Old books, gingham, Saabs, side tables. All opinions my own. RT ≠ endorsement. Director of the William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan.
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If you want evidence of the demise of old models of association in American life a la Robert Putnam, you don't need to look any further than Facebook Marketplace listings in Michigan and Ohio, where you can buy both old church pews and pieces of bowling lane wood for virtually nothing.

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“mummy, now that i am a lad of 13, may i wear long pants like papa?”

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For the past 8 years liberals have been talking about how closely Trump’s rise resembles Hitler’s. As his army of religious fanatics works to destroy a wealthy, secular state because they’re afraid of science and educated women, it’s becoming clear that the Ayatollah Khomeini is a better comparison.

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Russell Vought is giving Leonard Leo a strong challenge for the title of Worst Living American.

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The last time I bought coffee (3 weeks ago) all of these bags were $9.99/pound. But tell me again how no American consumers will see price increases because of Trump’s tariffs.

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RIP to Lt. Col. Harry Stewart, one of the last surviving Tuskeegee Airmen, who passed on Feb. 2. I was honored to have the chance to meet him when he visited the Clements Library 2 years ago to look at some of our photographs of his unit from WW2. www.freep.com/story/news/l...

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Announcing a 25% tariff on Mexican imports just over a week away from the Super Bowl—the peak day of avocado consumption in the U.S.—is just next-level thinking.

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I'm sure that Ryan Day's beard is breathing a sign of relief now that the Jan. 6 pardons have been announced.

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This is gold.

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If the Ravens had kicked extra points instead of failing two-point conversions, they would have gone to overtime... #analytics

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Hey, couple notes on your post. Personally I think it's fine. Totally get it. But someone I imagined, in my head, might not like it. They haven't seen it yet but I'm just saying, if they did. They might freak out a little bit. Anyway take it down or I'm calling the cops

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Also, the flag at Mar-a-Lago is at full staff.

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The Clements Library has a new funding opportunity, the Charles Eisendrath Fellowship in Early American Journalism, for projects related to “the relation of journalism to US history before 1900 in both pictorial and written reportage and commentary.” Apps due 1/15/25! #VastEarlyAmerica #journalism

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customer: your lightest roast please barista: that middle part you’re wearing makes you look like a founding father

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Tommy Mellott is going to win at least 4 Grey Cups by the time he’s done.

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