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Leon Wieseltier’s Attack On Blogging

Posted on February 9, 2010 by Luke Ford

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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Is Judaism Right-Wing Or Left-Wing?

Posted on September 15, 2009 by Luke Ford

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?

Posted on May 16, 2008 by Luke Ford

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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