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Liberties, a Journal of Culture and Politics, is essential reading for those engaged in the cultural and political issues of our time. Liberties, is a collection of the most significant writers today as well as launching the voices of tomorrow. In this issue of Liberties: Cynthia Ozick on the power of Philip Roth; Linda Kinstler on the Need for Oblivion; Michael Ignatieff's History of My Privileges; Timothy Noah offers a Prayer for the Administrative State; Sohrab Ahmari on the Poverty of Catholic Intellectual Life; Yaroslav Hrytsak on Ukraine and Liberal Nationalism; David Rieff on Populism, Peronism, and Madness in Argentina; Len Gutkin investigates if studying Humanities is Too Traumatic?; Elliot Ackerman in Mercenaries, provides a guide through history and current practice and risks of governments using private armies; the great pianist Alfred Brendel on his love of Mozart; Arash Azizi on Persecution and the Art of Filmmaking in Iran; Michael Kimmage on Why Art Needs Impurity; Helen Vendler on Walt Whitman's Poetic PTSD; Celeste Marcus on Reason, Treason and Palestine; Leon Wieseltier on Giving and Forgiving; and, new poetry by Alice Gribbin and Camille Ralphs. Published quarterly, Liberties: Culture & Politics features serious, independent, stylish, and controversial essays by significant writers and introduces the next generation of writers and poets to inspire and impact the intellectual and creative lifeblood of today's culture and politics. Nobel Prize winners, leading op-ed writers, well-known non-fiction writers, rising talents, and poets from around the world are part of the Liberties series. There's a reason why engaged citizens, cultural warriors, political leaders, opinion makers, and activists from across the cultural and political spectrum read and