Making It

Norman Podhoretz

1967

Making It

Now whatever else may be involved in a nondeliberate change of accent, one thing is clear: it bespeaks a very high degree of detachment from the ethos of one’s immediate surroundings. It is not a good ear alone, and perhaps not even a good ear at all, which enables a child to hear the difference between the way he and everyone else around…

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Norman Podhoretz

b. 1930

Neoconservative political philosopher Norman Podhoretz grew up in Brooklyn, New York. He is the former editor in chief of Commentary and is also a literary critic and author of numerous books, essays, and two memoirs. He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from George W. Bush in 2004 and the Guardian of Zion Award from Bar-Ilan University in Israel in 2007.

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