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10 years of National Affairs
What are the challenges of editing and publishing an intelligent political magazine in today’s hyperbolic and hyperpartisan times? AEI’s Jonah Goldberg interviews Yuval Levin, AEI Resident Scholar and Editor in Chief of National Affairs.