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Lee Siegel

Lee Siegel is the author of seven books, including, most recently, Why Argument Matters. He wishes to thank the Open Society Foundations for its generous support.

Will there be blood?

Donald Trump has left America speechless.

By Lee Siegel

Ideas

From Bowling Alone to scrolling alone

By Lee Siegel

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The culture war claims Claudine Gay

How the Ivy League hearings on anti-Semitism reveal the wounded American elite.

By Lee Siegel

The lawfare state

A court’s barring of Trump from running for president is the culmination of America’s dysfunctional reliance on the legal…

By Lee Siegel

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Lee Siegel

Will there be blood?

Liberalism’s last laugh

The hologram president

Yesterday’s man

From Bowling Alone to scrolling alone

The culture war claims Claudine Gay

The lawfare state