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February 27, 20227 Screenland Roll Back By Peter C. Baker / 11 Ta l k Laurie Santos By David Marchese / 18 The Ethicist Filial Duties By Kwame Anthony Appiah / 14 Studies Show
A Necessary Precondition By Kim Tingley / 20 Letter of Recommendation Exotic Fruit By Tracy Wan / 22 Eat Jamaican Beef Patties By Br yan Washington24 The Blackness of Blackness
By Reginald Dwayne Betts / In an uncategorizable
new musical, the rapper Tariq Trotter explores
whether it’s possible to say what it means to be
Black in America.30 The Long Crusade of Clarence and
Ginni Thomas
By Danny Hakim and Jo Becker / They battled
for years for their vision of the culture and the
country. Now the Supreme Court justice and
his activist wife have found their moment.38 How the Bikers Walked
By Mark Binelli / The infamous motorcycle-gang
shootout in Waco, Texas, resulted in nine deaths
and 177 arrests but no convictions — a tangled,
seven-year tale of prosecutorial hubris and
tenacious defense.4 Contributors / 5 The Thread / 10 Poem / 18 Judge John Hodgman / 21 Tip / 47, 52, 54 Puzzles / 47 Puzzle AnswersJake Carrizal, center, at Strokers Ice House in
Dallas. He was one of 177 people arrested after a
deadly biker shooting in Waco in 2015. Page 38.On the Cover Clarence and Ginni Th omas at a Heritage Foundation event in October 2021 that celebrated the justice’s 30 years on the Supreme Court.
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