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“Writing recently in the New York Times, David Brooks noted correctly if belatedly that conservatives disdain for liberal intellectuals had slipped into disdain for the educated class as a whole, and worried that the Republican Party was alienating educated voters. I couldn't care less about the future of the Republican Party, but I do care about the quality of political thinking and judgment in the country as a whole.”

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Mark Lilla is an American historian known for his research on the history of modern European thought. His works delve into the origins and impacts of modernity, as well as the role of intellectuals in the public sphere. more

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