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SeaWorld President and CEO Joel Manby, left, and Wayne Pacelle, President and CEO of The Humane Society of the United States, are interviewed in New York, Thursday, March 17, 2016. Finally bowing to years of public pressure, SeaWorld announced that it will immediately stop breeding killer whales, and soon stop making them perform theatrical tricks. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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After SeaWorld win, Humane Society warns others are ‘ripe for disruption’

Paul Bedard · April 18, 2016 4:27 pm

Singer Jimmy Buffet and novelist John Grisham showed their vitriol toward two states with laws in which they are in strong opposition. (AP Photos)

Jimmy Buffett, John Grisham condemn N.C., Mississippi laws

Joshua Axelrod · April 12, 2016 6:34 pm

"[The Fountainhead] relates to business, beauty, life and inner emotions. That book relates to ... everything," Trump said. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Trump thinks of himself as protagonist in Ayn Rand novel

Anna Giaritelli · April 11, 2016 11:39 pm

No Need to Read All About It

Joseph Epstein · April 8, 2016 7:00 am

In a briefing with reporters, State spokesman Mark Toner said the U.S. condemns anti-Semitism "in all its forms," stressed that the U.S. government was only a participant in the fair, and said officials were not aware that anti-Semitic books would be sold. (Matthias Balk/dpa via AP, File)

State defends U.S. presence at Saudi book fair that sold ‘Mein Kampf’

Pete Kasperowicz · April 5, 2016 7:05 pm

America the Indifferent

Andrew Peek · April 5, 2016 7:00 pm

Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at the South Carolina Tea Party Convention in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Alex Sanz)

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Book: Kochs started Tea Party, near prize — the presidency

Paul Bedard · April 4, 2016 1:34 pm

Jerry Falwell, Jr., left, president of Liberty University, guides Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to his seat during a campaign event at the Orpheum Theatre in Sioux City, Iowa, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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Religious leaders hit for endorsing Trump, overlooking his ‘sins’

Paul Bedard · March 14, 2016 4:32 pm

Booking It

Joseph Bottum · March 4, 2016 9:15 am

"When Harper Lee sat down to write 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' she wasn't seeking awards or fame," said President Obama. (AP Photo/Rob Carr, File)

Obama pays tribute to Harper Lee: ‘Changed America for the better’

Madeleine Morgenstern · February 19, 2016 11:52 pm

Ted Cruz is "someone whose first guiding principle would be the scripture rather than the Constitution," said author Stephen King. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Stephen King: Electing Cruz is ‘electing the analog of an Imam’

Joshua Axelrod · February 15, 2016 10:05 pm

J.K. Rowling calls Trump spokeswoman a ‘Death Eater’

J.K. Rowling calls Trump spokeswoman a ‘Death Eater’

Joshua Axelrod · January 25, 2016 11:20 pm