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fromThe Atlantic
3 days ago

The 'Filthy Little Slum Child' Who Remade the American Right

Norman Podhoretz combined ambitious self-invention, provocative literary style, and political influence, shaping American conservatism while provoking controversy and enduring critical debate.
fromThe Nation
3 days ago

The Longest Journey Is Over

Postwar Manhattan hosted a tight-knit, disputatious intellectual culture shaped heavily by the sons (and occasionally the daughters) of shtetl-born immigrants. Applying talmudic rigor to secular debates about literature and foreign affairs, they published little magazines whose ideas spread directly from their pages to the highest political offices. While traces of that culture remain- The New York Review of Books, Dissent, and yes, Commentary are all still publishing, as are dozens of other small-circulation journals in the same tradition-
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fromwww.mediaite.com
3 days ago

Conservative Journalism Giant Norman Podhoretz Dead at 95

Norman Podhoretz was a leading conservative editor, celebrated prose stylist, and longtime Commentary leader who remained influential until his death at 95.
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