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Leon Wieseltier

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January 30, 2014
Leon Wieseltier
The Smallness of Barack Obama: Diminishment, Drift, and Sighful Contemplation
A Chinese dissident shows us how to dream big
January 26, 2014
Leon Wieseltier
Iran Is Not Our Friend
December 17, 2013
Leon Wieseltier
The Academic Boycott of Israel Is a Travesty
December 12, 2013
Leon Wieseltier
A Revelation on the Beach
November 9, 2013
Leon Wieseltier
Stanley Kauffmann, 1916-2013
November 9, 2013
Leon Wieseltier
"By Doing Nothing in Syria, Obama Ensured That There Is Nothing We Can Do."
October 24, 2013
Leon Wieseltier
Dumbing Religion Down in the New York Times
William James, Joel Osteen, and the Gray Lady
September 27, 2013
Steven Pinker, Leon Wieseltier
Science vs. the Humanities, Round III
September 19, 2013
Leon Wieseltier
America Is Becoming Heartless in the Face of Evil
September 4, 2013
Leon Wieseltier
Crimes Against Humanities
Now science wants to invade the liberal arts. Don't let it happen.
August 30, 2013
Leon Wieseltier
"What I Saw Was a High, Gorgeous Pile of Figs"
Obama, Moustaki, and me
August 28, 2013
Leon Wieseltier
A Cop Out in the Shape of a Cruise Missile
We must do something in Syria
August 15, 2013
Leon Wieseltier
'Its Name Is Fascism'
The supporters of Egypt's military aren't liberals
August 10, 2013
Leon Wieseltier
Oprah Lied at Harvard
Some of us are just plain average. And that's OK.
August 7, 2013
Leon Wieseltier
No, Science Doesn't Have All the Answers
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July 26, 2013
Leon Wieseltier
Which City Has the Most Status Anxiety?
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July 18, 2013
Leon Wieseltier
Egypt's Pathetic Liberals
June 14, 2013
Leon Wieseltier
The American Left Turns Away from Syria's Agony
June 10, 2013
Leon Wieseltier
Idealism and Blindness
Of flaking paint and blemishes
May 28, 2013
Leon Wieseltier
"Perhaps Culture is Now the Counterculture"
A Defense of the Humanities

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