The stray remark from a Los Angeles beat cop friend lodged in Robert Towne’s brain like a splinter. “The one place I never ...

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Alexandra Petri is a Washington Post columnist offering a lighter take on the news and opinions of the day. Petri is the author of "A.P.'s US History: Important American Documents (I Made Up)" and ...

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Robert Barsky’s epic poem, “The BeltLine Chronicles,” follows an everyday hero traveling Atlanta’s 22-mile Emerald Necklace.

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