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How history and news can work together

By Julie Starr | Published: July 13, 2010
I’m breaking my own rule. Until recently I’d sworn off subscribing to magazines because too often they pile up in a corner unread and mock me. But I’ve decided to subscribe to Lapham’s Quarterly. Partly because it’s a quarterly and I reckon I can handle four issues a year. Partly because the magazine’s sturdy enough [...]
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History of the Internet video parade

By Julie Starr | Published: August 28, 2009
The fruits of, ahem, quality research time spent on YouTube. From 1981: “Imagine, if you will, sitting down to your morning coffee, turning on your home computer to read the day’s newspaper. Well, it’s not as far-fetched as it may seem.” “It takes over two hours to receive the entire text of the newspaper over [...]
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