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" I think the commentarian has taken over, so now what you get is a lot less reporting and more opinion. "

Lawrence Wright

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" For my parents, leaving the close social quarters of Abilene was like getting out of jail. They were not true West Texans; they had not come to love the unending monotony of mesquite barrens or the high, hot blue sky that made sunsets a matter of prayerful thankfulness. "

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