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Nation HistoryDecember 29, 2017
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Journalists and JournalismMarch 27, 2017
What ‘The New York Times’ Missed in Its Piece about Norman Podhoretz
The profile failed to mention the larger historical context in which the former Commentary editor and his contemporaries operated.
Norman Birnbaum
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Political FiguresApril 12, 2016
Remembering Hans-Dietrich Genscher
Genscher was hardly a tribune of the people. Yet his fellow Germans—in both halves of the divided nation—trusted him to act for termination of the incessant threat of war.
Norman Birnbaum
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Foreign PolicyAugust 14, 2015
How Germany’s Surveillance Scandals Echo Our Own
We treat the Germans the same way we treat ourselves—like dogs.
Norman Birnbaum
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CultureApril 27, 2015
Auf Wiedersehen Günter Grass
Günter Grass not only taught us about German history, but also ourselves.
Norman Birnbaum
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Racism and DiscriminationApril 1, 2014
We Don’t Need Heidegger’s Notebooks to Know That He Was a Despicable Anti-Semite
Their recent publication tells us nothing we didn’t already know, or could easily have inferred, from his biography.
Norman Birnbaum
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March 18, 2014
Remembering Tony Benn
Tony Benn died at age 88 last week—and was immediately and fulsomely praised by many well able to restrain their enthusiasm for him in his lifetime.
Norman Birnbaum
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December 19, 2013
Celebrating Willy Brandt’s 100th Birthday
He risked his life in the underground against the Nazis, helped rebuild German social democracy after the war and laid the groundwork for reconciliation of East and West. Lebe wohl, Willy!
Norman Birnbaum
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Foreign PolicyDecember 10, 2013
Fateful Decision for Germany’s Social Democrats
Can they survive another grand coalition with Angela Merkel’s CDU—and is it too late to rejuvenate the party that once subordinated capitalism to the public good?
Norman Birnbaum
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November 25, 2013
Remembering Doris Lessing
Doris Lessing responded to the contradictions of our time by facing them with unmatched courage.
Norman Birnbaum