April 5 2024

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Commentary: Dead Westerners turn the tide in Gaza

Gaza is a festering wound that will take generations to heal, and America and the West are complicit in this genocide.

Health & Environment
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Feminists have (and do) better sex

Research that shows that not only is the personal political, the intimate is too.

Free Speech
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The place where a whole country’s intrigues play out

The bloody events of the early 1990s live on in the political and economic violence at Mooi River Toll Plaza.

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ANC’s time is up, but who can fill the gap?

It's easy to see the governing party has run out of time. It's much more difficult to discern who is ready to take over.

Image: Theodore Key | @theodore_key_illustration
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Turning cult-watching into a cult

Nine of the best shows on TV streaming services about the weird world of cults.

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Confession time: I’m a cultural Christian

Can you be an atheist but still subscribe to the elements of a religion that don't demand belief in a deity?

LIFESTYLE

Lifestyle
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Stiffen your backbone against the bullies

Cowboy movies rarely appear politically correct these days, but there's still something we can learn from them.

Lifestyle
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Goodbye to the rituals of a relationship

You don't have to let go with grace, but it's important to develop new traditions and different meals.

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Lifestyle
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A feast for foodies

Lifestyle
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Teevee and High Five

Books
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The moon like a crepe flipped in a pan

Two lyrical books float plotlessly like astronauts in space.

Books
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Silicon Valley, app magnate and Syrian food

This week's reading starts with tech bros and ends with a Middle Eastern feast.