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Howard Reich reviews Lyric Opera of Chicago's new co-production of "La Boheme."

Packers "Four Americas"— Thumb-Sucker of the Month.     Of all Ive read this month, the opinion piece that most got me thinking (although  not, in point of fact, actually sucking my thumb while doing so) was George Packers "Four Americas" article in  Atlantic magazine. Whoa there, Derb. Isnt  Atlantic a lefty outlet, with anti-white word-salad merchant Ta-Nehisi Coates on the masthead? And isnt Packer himself left-progressive? Yes and yes. Packers more of an old-line liberal, though ...

These works, recommended by local authors and bookstore owners, remind us just how special Washington is.