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In recent years, we have heard much about the need to accept the findings of “the science,” despite the fact…
The study of history is a powerful antidote to contemporary arrogance. It is humbling to discover how many of our…
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Dinner with Joseph Johnson: Books and Friendship in a Revolutionary Age By Daisy Hay (Princeton University Press, 516 pages, $32)…
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Chanukah is celebrated this year from Sunday night, Dec. 18, through Monday, Dec. 26, at sunset, corresponding to the Hebrew…