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Things Worth Remembering
Douglas Murray presents great literary treasures—from William Shakespeare to David Foster Wallace and beyond—that we should commit to heart.
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Things Worth Remembering: The Empathy of J.K. Rowling
When the world’s most successful writer honored Harvard with a commencement speech, she reminded us all what imagination can do.
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Things Worth Remembering: David Foster Wallace on Infinite Things
The great novelist told the class of 2005: Education isn’t about success. It’s about humility.
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Things Worth Remembering: ‘We Shall Win the Tomorrows Before Us’
Six days after JFK was assassinated, LBJ brought hope to a broken nation with a powerful Thanksgiving address.
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Things Worth Remembering: Ayaan Hirsi Ali and the ‘Strange Death’ of Europe
Thursday’s mob in Amsterdam, which viciously attacked Israeli soccer fans, is a reminder of how little has changed in two decades—and what must be done.
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Things Worth Remembering: Whoever Loses, They Should Lose Like Nixon
Grace in defeat is important for democracy. Both presidential candidates must be prepared to accept America’s choice next week.
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Things Worth Remembering: T.S. Eliot Put His World Back Together Again
If America feels a sense of impending doom, the greatest poet of the twentieth century can help us put history in perspective.
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Things Worth Remembering: When Bob Dylan Won the Nobel
In the lecture he gave after winning the Nobel Prize for literature, the singer-songwriter spoke about how ‘songs are unlike literature.’
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Things Worth Remembering: ‘A Time for Choosing’
As the election approaches, the rhetoric of Ronald Reagan reminds America to think for itself.
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Things Worth Remembering: The Imperfection of America
When the Constitution was signed on September 17, 1787, Benjamin Franklin acknowledged its flaws—then defended it magnificently.
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Things Worth Remembering: Conversation Is an Art
My late friend Roger Scruton played gracefully with ideas, even when it was dangerous to do so.
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Things Worth Remembering: What Kamala Could Learn from FDR
Americans need a vision. That’s what the New York governor gave us at the 1932 Democratic National Convention. Can the vice president do the same?
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Things Worth Remembering: Solzhenitsyn on the West’s ‘Decline in Courage’
In 1978, the author of ‘The Gulag Archipelago’ arrived at Harvard—not to thank America for providing him with a post-Soviet home, but to criticize it.
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