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Thursday, February 10, 2022

Fathers, the Army and Career Paths in America and France: A Delightful Conversation at Lunch

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Professor Christian Amatore of the Ecole Normal Superieure At an award lunch at a history of science event in Paris, I was seated with Chris...
Monday, February 7, 2022

Book 8 of 2022: The Life of the Mind by Hannah Arendt

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The Life of the Mind  is the last of more than a dozen books written by Hannah Arendt in her life.  This book consists of two book publishe...
Friday, February 4, 2022

Book 7 of 2022: Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

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  In a famous toast at a White House dinner in honor of 49 Nobel Prize winners, President John F. Kennedy said,  “ I think this is the most ...
Thursday, February 3, 2022

Book 6 of 2022: Civilization: The West and the Rest by Niall Ferguson

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  I wrote about this book when I read the first half of it late last year. I finished it and like it even more.   I wrote a post about the b...
Monday, January 31, 2022

Book 5 of 2022: How to Fight Anti-Semitism by Bari Weiss

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  Bari Weiss wrote this book soon after the slaughter of Jews at prayer at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh in 2018. Weiss grew up i...
Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Book 4 of 2022: Biography of Fritz Haber, a French Graphic Novel

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Fritz Haber 1. The Spirit of the Times. I just finished the first of three volumes of a graphic novel biography of the German Jewish chemist...
Monday, January 24, 2022

A Healthy Culture Includes All of its History

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The French flag waving in the Arc d'Triomphe de l'Etoile on November 11 Few great cultures have been more self critical than French ...