Guerre and Shalom

Guerre and Shalom

Dinner Party II: Beatrice & Friends Strike Back

You didn’t think that Julian, Nadia, Marcus, Eleanor, Simon, and Beatrice were going to remain silent after that devastating viral takedown by Nachum Kaplan, did you?

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Jul 25, 2026
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Alan is the former staff editor of the National Geographic Magazine. Here’s his foreword:

If you haven’t read Nachum Kaplan’s viral Substack post, “The people who know nothing know everything,” stop now and read it here. It’s pointed, funny, wise, and timely. But it’s also not the full story. In his account of an emotional and bitter debate at a dinner …

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