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Interview: Dr. David Lowenthal on Orwell's 1984

The New Thinkery

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My Favorite Memories From Teaching

I like the old system where people were specialists, the grocery store. And you got to know people. I think my loftiest moment wasn't in political philosophy, but what wasn't telling this student how much he owed to the Marines. People slug it out, reliable, patriotic and religious. If we have any hope from those immigrants who have been illegally let out is from some virtues that they themselves have to begin with, including family and religion.

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