I had the dream the other night: it was time to go. We were preparing to leave the country for good. Initially, the dream had
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When the world sees people fleeing their countries, images and stories about their dire situations abound: bags hastily packed, families sundered, pets and cherished possessions
I opened Deborah Lipstadt’s guest essay in the New York Times this past week, and as someone familiar with her work, I fully expected left-wing
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