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The non-subject of gun violence

January 20, 2021 Antarctica Journal

What’s the most forbidden topic in America? asked Timothy Egan. It’s not sex or religion. It’s gun violence. We are “the most armed society in the world,” with more than 300 million guns in private hands, and 9,146 gun homicides in 2009—a rate nearly 20 times higher than that of other supposedly civilized countries. “But don’t bring that up.” Sports […]

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With the number of rich people booming worldwide, there’s a growing demand for domestics to serve them. Four decades ago, there were only a few hundred butlers left in Britain; today there are 10,000. The fastest-growing butler market: China.

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