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The New-York Historical Society Sinks to a New Low with a Black-Tie Gala for Henry Kissinger


History and, hopefully, an appropriate court, will judge these charges.  Meantime, while the New-York Historical Society has a right to its politics, there’s no doubt that it has politics, and that they are vile.  Certainly, this is a shameful moment in the politicization of a major historical institution.