Why the Biden Administration Downplays Iran’s Aggression
In recent months, the Islamic Republic has launched multiple missile and drone attacks on American allies.
May 12, 2022
Midge Decter’s Decades-Long Fight for Freedom, Responsibility, and Moral Seriousness
“The refusal to be bound by rules, any rules, turned children against their elders, impelled them to . . . destroy their brains with drugs, burn books, and rage against the very idea of responsibility.”
Recalling the life and many achievements of the writer and editor Midge Decter, who passed away on Monday at the age of ninety-four, Tevi Troy calls attention to her active engagement in political affairs. Decter in 1972 helped to establish the Coalition for a Democratic Majority, which aimed to rescue the Democratic party from its more radical elements. In 1981, she founded the Committee for a Free World, dedicated to combatting Communism. At the root of both projects, writes Troy, was Decter’s opposition to the hard left:
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Rejecting the Illusion that Qatar is “Rebranding” as a Moderate Actor in the Middle East
Doha continues to invest in extremist groups.
Midge Decter’s Decades-Long Fight for Freedom, Responsibility, and Moral Seriousness
“The refusal to be bound by rules, any rules, turned children against their elders, impelled them to . . . destroy their brains with drugs, burn books, and rage against the very idea of responsibility.”
The Problem with Israel-Studies Departments
When scholarship becomes activism.
The Transformation of the Celebrated, Centuries-Old Oberammergau Passion Play
“Oberammergau is no longer a capital of anti-Semitism.”