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Through interviews with IDF soldiers and Israeli intelligence personnel, 'NAZA' explores how individuals rationalize their participation in mass slaughter.
Jacob Weisberg's new book profiles eight archetypes of Trump-era cowardice. But to escape our civic-cultural crisis, we'll need to do more than denounce hypocrisy.

Shut Them Down

If Cornell really does want to lead the country in ending the culture of rape that Greek life facilitates, banning fraternities and sororities is the only viable path.
What if Martin Luther King, Jr. were just a bit player in the struggle for racial equality? Marcia Chatelain tells us how history could look very different.
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Ben Rhodes's new book makes an earnest case for the political power of words. But the degradation of our public life can’t be reversed by rhetoric alone.
In 'Picky,' Helen Zoe Veit chronicles the gradual dulling of American kids' palates.
The radical priest Ivan Illich spotted disturbing trends in medicine that most doctors continue to overlook.