Stephen Carter
@StepCarter
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Husband, father, Yale law professor, novelist, reader, skeptic, contrarian, apolitical, sports fan, chess player, Christian.
Joined October 2011
My new book, on sale Tuesday, is the story of NY's first black female prosecutor, who put Lucky Luciano behind bars
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RT @JedKolko: "Republicans thought 38 percent of Democrats were gay, lesbian or bisexual, while the actual number was about 6 percent. Demo….
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Welcome to Secret Identity, our regular column on identity and its role in politics and policy. The defining divide in American politics is probably between Rep…
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RT @Pontifex: Never forget this golden rule: “Do to others what you would have them do to you” (Mt 7,12).
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RT @conor64: I continue to believe the press should stop using the names and photos of mass casualty shooters to avoid the “shoot up your s….
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RT @doctorow: “The first honest-to-goodness full color computer you can buy for $299.95 – William Shatner” - 1981 Commodore VIC-20 ad https….
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RT @Rainmaker1973: This is a static image, but (especially when scrolling up and down) you will perceive Illusory motion in it https://t.co….
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RT @JackOfQuills: how did "the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog" become the typical sentence that contains all letters of the alpha….
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RT @doctorow: A man browsing for books in Cincinnati’s cavernous old main library. The library was demolished in 1955 . .
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RT @BeschlossDC: General Lee surrendered to General Grant, Appomattox, today 1865: #Guillaume
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RT @fermatslibrary: Marie Curie was exposed to such high doses of radiation that 100 years later her research notebooks need to be kept sea….
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RT @DavidBrin: Space is like politics these days. So much happening that you can't keep up. The difference - space news elevates the spirit….
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RT @SWStylebook: With #Solo on the horizon, a few key reminders. Note the doubled letters in Wookiee and Millennium Falcon. Remember he….
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RT @BeschlossDC: Martin Luther King, 50 years ago tonight, Memphis--“I’ve been to the mountaintop….Like anybody, I would like to live a lon….
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RT @BeschlossDC: LBJ 50 years ago tonight: “I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your Pr….
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RT @doctorow: Your regular reminder that you live your own blooper reel and see everyone else's highlight reel.
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RT @MagnusCarlsen: Been great fun following the candidates as a chess fan. Congrats to Caruana on a fully deserved victory, and good luck i….
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