The more I learned about the legacy of coal mining in my Illinois hometown, the more light it seemed to cast on the state's long histories of violence.

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Umpires No More | David Cole | The New York Review of Books

At his confirmation hearings in 2005, Chief Justice John Roberts famously compared judges to umpires. “It’s my job to call balls and strikes,” he said.

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