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Rescued | ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera
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For decades, klezmer musicians have kept traditional Jewish music alive despite war, genocide, and erasure. They’ve done so by playing a small handful of surviving songs again and again. Many more songs—a trove of tunes with the potential to redefine the genre—have sat just out of reach, in a...
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The Gods of Silicon Valley | ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera
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JD Vance met Peter Thiel in 2011, when Thiel gave a speech at Yale Law School. Vance had moved up from Ohio State to Yale, rocketing through the American elite. Thiel was a former lawyer turned venture capitalist turned Silicon Valley mogul. At the time, as Vance puts it, Thiel was “hardly a...
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The Illiberalism of Marilynne Robinson | ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera
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Marilynne Robinson has been, for at least a generation, the most widely read and highly celebrated Christian writer in the United States. In her fiction and essays, she has positioned herself as the leading representative of what she holds to be the central, but increasingly embattled or...
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Jordan Peterson’s Rambling, Hectoring, Mad New Book | ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera
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The last time I reviewed a book by Jordan Peterson, a cleverly edited excerpt of my negative opinion (I described it as “bonkers”) appeared on the cover of the paperback edition, giving readers the misleading impression that I had endorsed it. So this time I shall have to be clear. The new book...
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The Resistance Is Far from Dead | ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera
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As someone who has been connected to "the resistance" since my early twenties, I can assure you: it is far from dead. The resistance has always been mycelial—decentralized, connective, and highly adaptive. This sprawling organic structure is both its strength and the key to its resilience and...
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Right now, my senator in Missouri, Josh Hawley, has what seems to be an insurmountable lead over his Democratic challenger, Lucas Kunce. In all likelihood, Hawley is going to win a second term, and he may well win more after that. We may be stuck with him forever. As a retired three-term...
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