JL;DR SUMMARY Bari Weiss critiques the dangerous trend of both the far-left and far-right fracturing common historical narratives, exemplified by popular media figures like Tucker Carlson entertaining revisionist and pseudo-historical perspectives, such as Darryl Cooper's misleading interpretations of World War II and Adolf Hitler's actions. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.