Michael Keith Burns, a retired reporter, foreign correspondent and editorial writer for The Baltimore Sun, died Feb. 22 at 85 of complications from a stroke.

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The New Orleans Book Festival headliners signal that this year’s festival is as much about influence and public life as it is about books.

The fifth annual New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University returns March 12–15 with its biggest lineup yet: more than ...

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Trump and his acolytes demean the last few decades of scholarship in US history. It’s actually been a golden age of insight.