One of the most famous of these witch-skeptical treatises, from the sixteenth century, was Reginald Scot’s Discoverie of Witchcraft (1584), which forcefully denies the existence of witches.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Oct. 2026
Drawing on a variety of sources—from philosophical treatises to poems and popular jokes—this compact study shows how writers of the Roman era rendered animals, domestic and wild, as imperial subjects.
This may be because there are many new hunters who either lack wilderness smarts or who have read articles in the magazines explaining how a man in the woods can find his way by taking bearings with a compass on top of a map.
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Charles Elliott,
Outdoor Life,
5 Nov. 2026
In September, Massie, who lost his primary race earlier this year after Trump endorsed an opponent, stood on the House floor for more than 67 minutes reading his sweeping 34-page resolution with eight articles of impeachment aloud.
Sam, an aspiring writer, supplements her Substack essays with standardized test tutoring that still may not be enough to cover London rent.
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Alison Herman,
Variety,
6 Nov. 2026
Poetry like Rukeyser’s and others by Gwendolyn Brooks, Robert Hayden or the essays by James Baldwin that Alexander parses in the book, provide sustenance for the journey.
According to Jewish tradition, worn out sacred texts can’t be casually discarded; instead, they are stored in a geniza, a repository usually located within a synagogue or buried at a Jewish cemetery.
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Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Nov. 2026
On Friday, the South Florida Muslim Federation sent out emails and texts encouraging community members to vote together after Jumu’ah, or the weekly prayer held by Muslims on Friday afternoons.
Change has been constant for the concept, which promises to bring new businesses to one of the last open tracts in the Barber Valley’s development plan.
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Mark Dee,
Idaho Statesman,
3 Nov. 2026
Census tracts generally contain between 1,000 and 8,000 residents, with an optimum size of 4,000 people to help standardize population counts.
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Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Oct. 2026
From the divisive barrel-leg and ultralow-rise styles to the return of skinny jeans, there has been no shortage of denim shapes to debate—and, in many cases, internet discourses to fuel.
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Christina Holevas,
Vogue,
18 Aug. 2026
Pannakara’s discourses on mindfulness and kindness in churchyards, town squares and in front of the Lincoln Memorial drew large, diverse crowds.
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