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On Other Websites: Week of April 15, 2013

  • William Dalrymple: The Ghosts of Afghanistan’s Past
  • Robert Darnton: Information, Free to All
  • Adam Winkler: Who Killed Gun Control?
  • David Cannadine: How Should We Rank Margaret Thatcher?
  • Ezra Klein: ‘Mad Men’ Should Make You Feel Better about Politics Today
  • Marie Arana: Latin America’s Go-To Hero
  • Derek S. Hoff: The False Alarm Over U.S. Fertility
  • Robert Pondiscio: Let's Set a National Standard for Our Students—a Really Low One
  • Gary Kulik: Double Standards about Vietnam
  • Peter Eisner: Pope Pius XI's Last Crusade