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The September issue of Commentary is now available. This issue covers the Global War on Terror, performative masculinity, Saudi Arabia at a crossroads, the rise of the next generation of progressive political operatives, and more. With contributions from @todlindberg,
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What’s So Great About the Great Books? is in part a personal and in part a philosophical account of why she finds the mostly Western canon so compelling, and why she has spent the past 17 years reading through as many of these works as she can. A novelist and author of a blog
The Embrace of Complexity
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"She's praying that the president of the United States is guided by God and that God helps him lead more effectively." Watch the full episode: youtube.com/watch?v=R3jVeh…
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What now? Stolen Revolution leaves us with contradictory lessons. On the one hand, we see how relentlessly Iranians have struggled to reform or rid themselves of the Islamic Republic. On the other hand, we see how difficult that has proven to be. Tragically, while ordinary
Five Decades of Iranian Repression
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But the West ought to be able to walk and chew gum at the same time. There’s no reason to be unbothered by Erdogan’s adventurism. And yet, we apparently are.
Turkey’s Imperial Fantasies Are Destabilizing the Middle East
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