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January 25, 2012

Stubborn Amish and Stubborn Atheists

Peter Berger

One of my earliest memories is of an incident in the kindergarten of my childhood in Vienna. I must have been at most five years old. I was supposed to speak a line in a play about which I have … Continue reading →

Posted in Freedom, Modernity, United States | 25 Comments

August 10, 2011

Veils and Beards

Peter Berger

Leila Ahmed, who teaches at the Harvard Divinity School, is the author of a recently published book, A Quiet Revolution: The Veil’s Resurgence, from the Middle East to America. She tells a very interesting story. Ahmed originally comes from a … Continue reading →

Posted in Islam, Modernity, United States | 6 Comments

From the March/April 2012 issue

The Once and Future Liberalism

"The Blue Model is on the way out. What should come next?" asks Walter Russell Mead.

The Cultural Contradictions of Democracy

"The main threats to democracy lie within liberal societies themselves." argues Vladislav Inozemtsev.

Doing Well By Doing Right

David J. Kramer & Lilia Shevtsova destroy some myths about U.S. policy towards Russia.

A Conversation With Peter Thiel

Francis Fukuyama talks with the renowned entrepreneur.

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