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Temptations of Tyranny
Rod Dreher’s conflicted support for President Trump illustrates a broader crisis among intellectual conservatives who fear the "soft totalitarianism" of liberal institutions yet embrace the hard authoritarianism of executive overreach. Drawing on Hannah Arendt’s political thought, the essay contends that true freedom is preserved not through charismatic leaders but through the multiplication and decentralization of citizen power. Revitalizing democracy, it argues, requires stubborn, local acts of collective governance rather than the dangerous temptation to concentrate authority in a single figure.04-27-2025
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2017 100/10 Challenge – An Open Letter from Director, Roger Berkowitz
An Open Letter from Director Roger Berkowitz during our 100/10 Challenge07-23-2017
Against Social Science
Against Social Science, Stress, Against The Violence of Words, The Challenge of Joy, In Belarus, I Loved Her, You Loved Her Not, Living In The Museum07-23-2017
Against Sovereignty
Against Sovereignty, The Partisanship of Higher Education, Speaking Truthfully, Turn Inward, From The Mailbox, The World at Stake07-16-2017
Friendship Versus Banality
George Prochnik explores the deep friendship between Hannah Arendt and Gershom Scholem.06-04-2017