“Americans are in serious intellectual trouble - in danger of losing our hard-won cultural capital to a virulent mixture of anti-intellectualism, anti-rationalism and low expectations.”
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Susan Jacoby
Susan Jacoby is an American author renowned for her works on liberalism, history, and religion. Her writings often explore themes such as individual freedom, secularism, and feminism. more
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