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The writer Dan Shapiro reflects on the news that changes everything , which he learns after showing his wife once again that he can’t fix things, while the novelist Candida McWilliam reflects on losing her sight to a rare disease.
Blogger Maclin Horton praises the singing group The Innocence Mission , while Andrew Klavan explains how American movies are turning into foreign movies .
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