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reading the American past into the American crisis--and vice versa

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The unseen connections behind international affairs, disaster, politics, and more. By Jonathan M. Katz.

In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since. What was it you ask? I can’t remember.