That time a cartoon preempted the Cuban Missile Crisis
As a nuclear crisis loomed, the antics of a cartoon moose and squirrel captured American imaginations.
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How a celebrated golf course architect served as a confidential diplomatic troubleshooter for four US presidents.
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As a nuclear crisis loomed, the antics of a cartoon moose and squirrel captured American imaginations.
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Are Bitcoin, Ethereum and Dogecoin the modern-day equivalent of sneezing powder and whoopee cushions?
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Was it Nixon’s decision to end military conscription in 1973 that allowed America’s latest war to continue for 20 years?
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In his column recalling past interviews, reporter A Craig Copetas revisits conversations with the American novelist.
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What Burroughs, Ginsberg and Kerouac could teach us in an age of social media and cancel culture.
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What an Iraqi baker and a Syrian ice cream maker could teach Ben & Jerry.
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In his column recalling past interviews, A. Craig Copetas describes an encounter with the leader of the Ku Klux Klan.
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‘The IOC are masters of the universe,’ he said. But in Tokyo it faces a villain too powerful to overcome with pageantry.
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