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Journalism and Criticism

No holiday for death at morgue

Death, at the risk of stating the obvious, is something that most of us endeavor to avoid, even in conversation. We invent euphemisms to blunt its finality -- "dearly departed" "passed away" and my favorite, "passed from the scene."

Cleveland focus of voucher debate

As Woodland Avenue runs east from downtown Cleveland, office towers, hotels and upscale restaurants give way to liquor stores, boarded-up storefronts and public housing in various states of disrepair in the city’s Fairfax neighborhood.

'The Memory Keeper's Daughter'

When we are young, many of us have a picture-perfect vision of the path our lives will take, but often circumstances and our own choices nudge us from our path.

Superintendent toughs out critics

John Thompson walks the halls of Greenfield Elementary School with an air of authority, dressed in a finely tailored pinstriped suit and escorted by the principal and a school police officer.

Sopranos Week: I Believe in America

With the final episodes of The Sopranos soon to air on HBO, it’s worth considering where the show fits in the pantheon of great mob stories that have been committed to film.