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The Life Of Herod The Great

Zora Neale Hurston | LitHub | 7th January 2025

Extract from Hurston's historical novel about the villain of the nativity story. “But how did the admirable Herod appear? Accused of murder, he stood before us clothed in purple, with his hair finely trimmed, and adorned with the most costly ornaments. His armed men were about him. Neither the president of this body, nor yet Hyrcanus our high priest, dared open the trial for terror” (1,100 words)

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The Dictionary Of PC

Adrian Daub | Slate | 5th January 2025

Panic about "political correctness" was a major American export in the 1980s and 1990s: many other countries, including the UK, France, Germany and Russian, seized upon the idea and created new variants. The strangest consequence is the appearance of "dictionaries of political correctness" in many languages, which tend to rehash culture war grievances in an alphabetical format (2,800 words)

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