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How the Print Revolution created a market of ideas
The internet and social media have created a faster, broader-based market of ideas. Like our early-modern predecessors, who grappled with similar pressures in the aftermath of the print revolution, we will have to get used to it.
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Why Can’t the Jews Teach Their Children How to Speak Hebrew? » Mosaic
American Jewry has spent over $100 million in Hebrew education. The results are far from impressive.
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When Students Become Terrorists | The Free Press
The Weather Underground railed against the establishment. Today’s campus protesters are supported by it. Call them the Weather Overground.
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A Stupid Cartoon and the University Ideology - Liberties
Among the thousand currents of the university turmoil during these last several months, the tiny ripple that most securely caught my eye was a distinctly minor scandal at Harvard back in February, which caused not a single broken window or student riot or
History | History
“The red star returns,” by Gary Saul Morson
Gary Saul Morson on the specter of communism.
Books | Books
Books | Books
Emily Wilson’s Sack of Homer
Fascinating read. Does the latest translation drain a great work of its grandeur and its very meaning by imposing on it contemporary sensibilities?
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Book Review | With Critics Like These, Israel Will Be Fine
Despite some solid reportage, these two new books by anti-Zionist academics fail to grapple with the best arguments for Zionism.
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The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books
To read a book in college, it helps to have read a book in high school.
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Who Is Elena Ferrante, Really? - The New York Times
The pseudonymous Italian author has become a worldwide phenomenon. But speculation about who she really is has followed her for years.
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Love Them or Hate Them, This Couple Reign in Russian Literature
For Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, translating together extended naturally from their relationship as husband and wife. Now, it is their life’s work.
Politics | Politics
Politics | Politics
Nellie Bowles: The Triumph of the Plastic Straw
They took our straws and made us drink from mushy paper. And it was based on a 9-year-old’s bad math.
Politics | Politics
To Save Itself from International Isolation, Israel Must Hold On to the West Bank » Mosaic
The diplomatic case against territorial concessions.
Politics | Politics
Jimmy Carter Was a Terrible President — and an Even Worse Former President | National Review
The truth is that historians have not been harsh enough.
Politics | Politics
Green Acceleration
It is time to take environmentalism away from the environmentalists.
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Elwood Edwards, Voice of AOL’s ‘You’ve Got Mail!’ Alert, Dies at 74
Early in the internet era, he was also behind other AOL messages, including “Welcome!” “They said my voice was heard more than 35 million times a day,” he once said.
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Filmmaker’s Private Archive Rekindles Debate Over Her Nazi Ties
Recent access to Leni Riefenstahl’s estate has prompted new discussions in Germany about her politics and a reconsideration of her photographs of the Nuba people in Sudan.
History | Society
The Death of American Exceptionalism
What it means that most young people in the U.S. no longer believe their country is anything special
