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The Lede Reporting and commentary on what you need to know today. This way of perceiving social reality—and particularly a person’s reading life—may seem inane, even deranged. But performative reading ...

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It was on the heels of a 31-point beatdown in Detroit that Ben Johnson predicted the Chicago Bears would be playing their best football in December. He has a heck of a challenge looming — for the ...

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