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REVIEW: ‘The Thinkers: The Rise of Partisan Think Tanks and the Polarization of American Politics’ by E.J. Fagan (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) August 11, 2024 Over the past century, think tanks have become a driving force on the American political landscape. These nonprofit 501(c)(3) research bodies gather experts and political activists, shape political agendas, sketch

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“The devil hath power to assume a pleasing shape.” So Hamlet decided in the second act of the eponymous play, meditating upon the reappearance of his father’s tormented spirit. Yet whether or not the diabolical lies at the heart of Hamlet, it is certainly present in Christopher Marlowe’s earlier play, Doctor Faustus, in which its