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Leon Wieseltier’s Attack On Blogging
In an article on Andrew Sullivan, The New Republic’s Literary Editor Leon Wieseltier writes: “He is the master, and the prisoner, of the technology of sickly obsession: blogging–and the divine right of bloggers to exempt themselves from the interrogations of … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Sullivan, divine right, leon wieseltier, michael kinsley, sick obsession, sweet deal
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Is Judaism Right-Wing Or Left-Wing?
It is neither. Judaism was thousands of years old before the modern political terms of Right and Left developed any meaning. In the New York Times Sunday Book Review, Leon Wieseltier disects Norman Podhoretz’s new book, "Why Are Jews Liberal?" … Continue reading
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Why Didn’t The Forward Choose Alana Newhouse?
Here’s my Alana Newhouse section. Mark Oppenheimer writes: …Alana has managed the newspaper’s transition to a new, award-winning website, and she is good on TV and radio (listen to her great insights about Portnoy’s Complaint)–she understands how to work in … Continue reading
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