After noting that the USA suffered comparatively few causalities in the great conflicts of the 20th century Tony Judt says, As a consequence, the United States today is the only advanced democracy wh… more →
El Nuevo Pantanoluckykiwi wrote 1 month ago: “It’ll be nice when Israel grows out of this phase…” cartoonist Tom Scott s … more →
Matthijs Krul wrote 2 months ago: It seems that it is much better for the readability of one’s work as well as the sense of one … more →
Dave wrote 2 months ago: As Zionists prepare to celebrate the 61 anniversary of the ethnic cleaning of Palestine, and declara … more →
Dan Rozenson wrote 3 months ago: Jewish-British academic Tony Judt published an essay in 2003 that garnered some attention. Championi … more →
BobG in Vancouver wrote 9 months ago: Image via Wikipedia I am going to read this collection of essays by Tony Judt, who is a recognized … more →
petebyrne wrote 9 months ago: It’s a rainy afternoon and my mind keeps going back to a couple of books I browsed yesterday … more →
cugrad wrote 11 months ago: Hello devoted readers (all zero of you!), Actually, I guess that’s not entirely true, apparent … more →
Paul Wells wrote 1 year ago: “…the United States today is the only advanced democracy where public figures glorify an … more →
m.idrees wrote 1 year ago: John Gray reviews Tony Judt’s devastating critique of intellectual life over the past two deca … more →
hysperia wrote 1 year ago: The twentieth century is thus on the path to becoming a moral memory palace: a pedagogically service … more →
ducksanddrakes wrote 1 year ago: Hendrik Hertzberg has a quick and dirty archeology of the word “misspoke” in The New Yor … more →
eamonnmcdonagh wrote 1 year ago: After noting that the USA suffered comparatively few causalities in the great conflicts of the 20th … more →
eamonnmcdonagh wrote 1 year ago: What is striking about these arguments of Judt’s is their unqualified, their completely one-si … more →
Dave wrote 1 year ago: Haaretz: By the age of 58 a country – like a man – should have achieved a certain matu … more →
Sean Jacobs wrote 1 year ago: ‘… In one sense, … Arendt was of course correct [that the problem of evil will be … more →