Having sideswiped the memory of Calvin Coolidge in Part III and snookered a twisted Navy Seals motto into service in Parts IV and V of this essay series, we now embark upon the last of three promises made back on December 10: Redeeming the claim that Jewish diaspora history can help us understand Singapore.James Thurber once warned that, “You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backwards,” so we need take care not to exaggerate similarities between the Jewish historic diaspora experience, spanning around 1,800 years in dozens of countries, and the experience of …read more
Source:: The American Interest
