Introduction |
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Part I WHAT A PIECE OF WORK IS MAN |
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Chapter 1 Life Well Lived |
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Reveries of a Newborn Father |
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3 | (3) |
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Irving Kristol: A Great Good Man |
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6 | (3) |
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Ronald Reagan: He Could See for Miles |
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9 | (3) |
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Thomas Jefferson: The Sublime Oxymoron |
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12 | (3) |
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15 | (3) |
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John Paul II: The Power of Faith |
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18 | (3) |
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George Weidenfeld: Syrian Christians and the English Jew |
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21 | (3) |
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Meg Greenfield: My Editor, My Friend |
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24 | (3) |
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Chapter 2 Customs and Culture |
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27 | (3) |
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30 | (3) |
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33 | (3) |
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Genius, Insanity, Innocence |
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36 | (3) |
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Two Cromwells: Separate and Independent Realities |
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39 | (3) |
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42 | (3) |
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45 | (3) |
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Suffering a Relapse, and Loving It |
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48 | (3) |
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51 | (3) |
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54 | (3) |
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Man vs. Computer: Still a Match |
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57 | (3) |
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60 | (3) |
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Why Do They Even Play the Game? |
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63 | (3) |
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66 | (3) |
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In Sorrow and Glory We Find Our Common Humanity |
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69 | (3) |
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Front-Page Physics: Why the News From Beyond Is Beyond Us |
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72 | (3) |
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75 | (3) |
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78 | (3) |
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Space: The Visionaries Take Over |
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81 | (3) |
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84 | (6) |
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Chapter 5 The Doctor is In |
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90 | (3) |
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93 | (3) |
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Sick, Tired and Not Taking It Anymore |
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96 | (3) |
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The Twilight of Psychotherapy |
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99 | (3) |
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They Die with Their Rights On |
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102 | (3) |
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Chapter 6 Matters of Life and Death |
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Five Lives vs. One Principle |
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105 | (4) |
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Stem Cells: Mounting the Slippery Slope |
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109 | (3) |
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The Abortion Debate: Just Words |
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112 | (4) |
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116 | (3) |
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What to Do for Little Charlie Gard |
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119 | (6) |
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Three Pieces of Sage Advice |
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125 | (7) |
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Chapter 8 Against the Grain |
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Apocalypse, with and without God |
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132 | (4) |
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When Modern Medicine Fails |
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136 | (3) |
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The Myth of "Settled Science" |
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139 | (3) |
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142 | (3) |
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Chapter 9 The Too-Examined Life |
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145 | (5) |
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Holiday: Living on a Return Ticket |
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150 | (4) |
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154 | (4) |
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158 | (3) |
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Chapter 10 Out of Many, One |
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161 | (3) |
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The Tribalization of America |
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164 | (3) |
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167 | (3) |
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170 | (3) |
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Neither Ennobling nor Degrading |
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173 | (3) |
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176 | (3) |
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Chapter 11 Church and State |
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Civil Religion---and No Religion |
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179 | (4) |
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Just Leave Christmas Alone |
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183 | (3) |
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186 | (5) |
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Part III POLITICS, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC |
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Chapter 12 The Two Last Tribes of Israel |
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191 | (3) |
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The Holocaust and Jewish Identity |
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194 | (3) |
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197 | (3) |
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How to Fight Academic Bigotry |
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200 | (3) |
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Do We Really Mean "Never Again"? |
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203 | (3) |
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Chapter 13 Keeping the World at Bay |
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How to Deal with Countries Gone Mad |
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206 | (4) |
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210 | (3) |
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Middle East Peace and the Great Muslim Civil War |
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213 | (3) |
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216 | (3) |
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219 | (3) |
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222 | (3) |
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225 | (3) |
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228 | (3) |
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Trump and the "Madman Theory" |
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231 | (3) |
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Chapter 14 Democracy and Its Discontents |
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234 | (4) |
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The Death Penalty and the Constitution |
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238 | (3) |
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Finally Getting It Right on Affirmative Action |
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241 | (3) |
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The Right-to-Work Dilemma |
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244 | (3) |
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Brexit: Sovereign Kingdom or Little England? |
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247 | (3) |
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Trump Derangement Syndrome: You Can't Govern by Id |
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250 | (3) |
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Revolt of the Attorneys General |
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253 | (3) |
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American Democracy: Not So Decadent After All |
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256 | (3) |
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Constitutions, Conservatism and the Genius of the Founders |
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259 | (14) |
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The Meaning of Human Rights |
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273 | (6) |
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Part IV COMPETING VISIONS |
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Americas Role and the Course of World History |
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Chapter 16 Reluctant Colossus |
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279 | (8) |
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287 | (3) |
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Trump's Foreign Policy Revolution |
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290 | (3) |
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Chapter 17 The End of "The End of History" |
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After a Mere 25 Years, the Triumph of the West Is Over |
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293 | (3) |
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The Coming Disillusionment in Liberated Europe |
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296 | (3) |
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The Authoritarian Temptation |
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299 | (18) |
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Part V SPEAKING IN THE FIRST PERSON |
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Chapter 18 A Life Without Regrets |
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317 | (3) |
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320 | (2) |
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322 | (2) |
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324 | (2) |
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326 | (2) |
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Eulogy by Daniel Krauthammer |
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328 | (9) |
Acknowledgments |
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337 | (4) |
Index |
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