Bari Weiss

Culture should be shared, not hoarded. ”

Literally everything good about this culture comes from mixing. ”

I'd venture a bet that no American hates 'Prairie Home Companion' more than I do. ”

One of the casualties of Israel becoming an increasingly partisan issue has been American Jews themselves, who vote overwhelmingly Democratic and who see Israel's rightward turn as betraying fundamental liberal values. ”

Donald Trump is well known for liking people he thinks are tough. ”

Shutting down conservatives has become de rigueur. But now anti-free-speech activists are increasingly turning their ire on free-thinking progressives. ”

The best movie theater in the world is in a dingy basement on Manhattan's Upper West Side. The worn seats are painful. There are probably bigger screens in half the apartments in the complex above the theater. And forget Fandango; the theater barely has a website. You want to buy a ticket? Get in line. ”

Think tanks are chiefly supposed to provide independent expertise to policymakers. But they also seek to be politically relevant. ”

Organized religion may be anathema on the political Left, but the need for the things religion provides - moral fervor, meaning, a sense of community - are not. ”

Reasonable people can debate whether or not social experiments like a Day of Absence are enlightening. ”