“Extreme suffering engenders revulsion. Bert felt what Saul Bellow would call the “sense of personal contamination and aversion” engendered by the “disintegrating bodies” of the survivors of the Nazi camps. He hated himself for it. He felt shame but could… — Roger Cohen Copy Share Image
The modern world’s tech-giddy control and facilitation makes us stupid. Awareness atrophies. Dumb gets dumber. Lists are everywhere – the five things you need… — Roger Cohen Copy Share Image
The riveting moral power of the Arab Spring comes from its homegrown quality. This is about Arabs overcoming fear to become agents of their… — Roger Cohen Copy Share Image
Interventionism is inextricable from the American idea. If the United States retreats into isolationism, it ceases to be itself ? a nation dedicated, however… — Roger Cohen Copy Share Image
“As Joseph Roth once wrote, “If there is one nation that is justified in seeing the ‘national question’ as essential to its survival, then… — Roger Cohen Copy Share Image
“In our case, as for countless other Jews, the price of integration was the loss of millennia of Jewish tradition. The Torah’s instruction gave… — Roger Cohen Copy Share Image
Iraq and Afghanistan have exacted a toll on America - in lives, treasure and standing - that it will take a generation to work… — Roger Cohen Copy Share Image
“Extreme suffering engenders revulsion. Bert felt what Saul Bellow would call the “sense of personal contamination and aversion” engendered by the “disintegrating bodies” of… — Roger Cohen Copy Share Image
Conspiracy theory is the ultimate refuge of the powerless. If you cannot change your own life, it must be that some greater force controls… — Roger Cohen Copy Share Image
