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Author Archives: Luke Ford
Renewing the Old, Sanctifying the New: The Unique Vision of Rav Kook (2025)
I ask Grok to critique Marc B. Shapiro’s new book: Marc B. Shapiro’s Renewing the Old, Sanctifying the New: The Unique Vision of Rav Kook (published in 2025 by The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization) is a scholarly exploration of … Continue reading
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Will China Conquer Australia?
What is the significance of China’s live fire exercises in the Tasman Sea with regard to Australia’s ability to defend itself? What would it take for China to conquer Australia? Grok says: China’s live-fire naval exercises in the Tasman Sea, … Continue reading
The “German Historians’ Dispute” (German: Historikerstreit)
Google notes: “The “German Historians’ Dispute” (German: Historikerstreit) was a highly publicized and controversial debate among German historians in the late 1980s and early 1990s, primarily sparked by the publication of a controversial article in 1986 that downplayed the severity … Continue reading
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Stalking the Billion-Footed Beast: A Literary Manifesto for the New Social Novel
Grok says: Tom Wolfe’s essay “Stalking the Billion-Footed Beast: A Literary Manifesto for the New Social Novel,” published in Harper’s Magazine in November 1989, is a passionate and provocative call to arms for American writers to reclaim the realistic novel … Continue reading
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Norman Podhoretz On Race
Grok says: Norman Podhoretz’s essay “My Negro Problem—And Ours,” published in Commentary magazine in February 1963, is a deeply personal and provocative exploration of race relations in mid-20th-century America, filtered through the author’s experiences growing up in a racially mixed … Continue reading
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