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SAIS Professor John McLaughlin makes 'magic with meaning'
Published Dec 9, 2024Ever since he saw the 1953 film as a child about the magician and escape artist Harry Houdini, John McLaughlin has been fascinated by magic. “It was spellbinding to me,” he says, recalling the Technicolor production starring Tony Curtis. McLaughlin ran straight to the library in his hometown of Pittsburgh and checked out an illustrated children’s guide to magic.