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    Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Bethpage, New York, April 6, 2016.
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    A Living Nightmare

    Comparing Donald Trump with Plato’s tyrannical man

    byEli Katz
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    An Egyptian Democrat Gives Up

    The first free presidential election in Egypt begins today. No matter the winner, liberal democracy has lost.

    byAmr Bargisi
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    TED Balks

    The famed conference’s lectures can’t be educational tools, because the bite-sized videos trivialize big ideas

    byLiel Leibovitz
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    Re-Opening the American Mind

    Allan Bloom’s The Closing of the American Mind remains as important as ever, and as misunderstood, 25 years after the 1980s culture wars

    byLiel Leibovitz
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    Isaiah’s Inception

    A haftorah of dreams and delusions

    byLiel Leibovitz
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    Platonic Form

    What makes the seder night different? Its Greek roots.

    byJudith Shulevitz
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