Bob Dylan’s New Album, Together Through Life

It didn’t have to come to this. He could have died in that motorcycle crash or been shot by a crazed fan or sky-walked out a 10th-story window during a bad trip. But Bob Dylan–the great American artist of the past 50 years, I believe–survived, which is perhaps the only prosaic thing he’s done in his life

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Souter to notify colleagues of retirement, source says

Supreme Court Justice David Souter plans to inform his colleagues Friday of his intention to retire from the bench, a legal source said. Souter is expected to discuss his decision during a weekly closed-door meeting. Souter wanted to notify his associates in private before making a public announcement, the source said

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‘Tyson’: A Charismatic Ex-Champ

A documentary, like any movie trying to hold your attention, needs either a big theme — some tremendous political injustice will do — or a magnetic character that keeps people watching. Tyson has character to spare, since its subject and star is the two-time heavyweight champion and three-year guest of the Indiana penal system. In boxing, “the sweet science,” he was the Frankenstein monster

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Columbine left its indelible mark on pop culture

The massacre of students and a teacher within the seemingly safe hallways of Columbine High School reverberated so strongly that its reflection can be found in the creations of multiple artists, writers, musicians, and filmmakers over the past decade. “It wasn’t the first school shooting, but it became the extreme case,” said Robert Thompson, founding director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture at Syracuse University

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