“A Meteor of Intelligent Substance” “Something was Missing in our Culture, and Here It Is” "Liberties is THE place to be. Change starts in the mind.” Liberties, Journal of Culture and Politics, is essential reading for those engaged in the cultural and political issues and causes of our time. Liberties brings serious and independent discourse that a thoughtful public and private life requires -- stylish and controversial essays by significant writers and thinkers the world over; and, introduces new writers and poets to inspire and impact the intellectual and creative lifeblood of today’s culture and politics. This fall issue of Liberties includes: a new work from Mario Vargas Llosa; original drawings by Leonard Cohen; Mamtimin Ala on What the Uyghurs Know; Jaroslaw Anders on What is Belarus?; Cass R. Sunstein on Liberalism Inebriated; Richard Thompson Ford on What Does Slavery Explain?; Sean Wilentz on The Tyranny of the Minority; Benjamin Moser writes Against Translation; Jonathan Zimmerman on the Scandal of College Teaching; Mark Lilla on Cults of Innocence and Their Victims; Helen Vendler on Adrienne Rich; Holly Brewer on Race and Enlightenment; David Thomson asks What Shall We Watch Now?; Celeste Marcus (managing editor) on the Legend of Alice Neel; Leon Wieseltier (editor) on Zionism's Beautiful Stubbornness of Survival; and, new poetry from Ange Mlinko and Shaul Tchernikhovsky, translated by Robert Alter.