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Darin Strauss

Darin Strauss’s latest book,”Half A Life,” won the National Book Critics Circle Award. He is a Clinical Professor at NYU. @darinstrauss

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They’re still lying about the first Gulf War: How the first George Bush helped create today’s Middle East trouble

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Can a thinking person still have faith? My skeptical, honest quest for religious answers

Darin Strauss

Smells like middle-aged spirit

Darin Strauss