- https://PayPal.Me/lukeisback
"Luke Ford reports all of the 'juicy' quotes, and has been doing it for years." (Marc B. Shapiro)
"This guy knows all the gossip, the ins and outs, the lashon hara of the Orthodox world. He’s an [expert] in... all the inner workings of the Orthodox world." (Rabbi Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff)"This generation's Hillel." (Nathan Cofnas)
Author Archives: Luke Ford
Everything and Less: The Novel in the Age of Amazon
Mark McGurl writes in this 2021 book: * all fiction is genre fiction in that it caters to a generic desire. * With its by – all – accounts absolute requirement of a happy ending for it to even receive … Continue reading
Posted in Amazon
Comments Off on Everything and Less: The Novel in the Age of Amazon
The Rise of Writing: Redefining Mass Literacy
Deborah Brandt writes in her 2014 book: * Writing has always been used for work, production, output, earning, profit, publicity, practicality, record-keeping, buying, and selling. Increasingly, writing itself is the product that is bought and sold, as it embodies knowledge, … Continue reading
Posted in America
Comments Off on The Rise of Writing: Redefining Mass Literacy
Invasion is a structure not an event (8-16-24)
Adam Kirsch writes in the WSJ: The most frequently quoted sentence in the literature of settler colonialism is from the Australian scholar Patrick Wolfe: “Invasion is a structure, not an event.” Wolfe was referring specifically to the British settlement of … Continue reading
Posted in Australia
Comments Off on Invasion is a structure not an event (8-16-24)
Inculcating An Attitude Of Gratitude & Reverence For The USA (8-15-24)
06:30 The Real Reason for the Rise in Rape – and Why Feminists Won’t Mention It., https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unmz-nuSS_I11:30 Swoooon! Why is Harris Media Coverage Like This? | Mark Halperin, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0xCB1J0SOk31:25 95% of journos badly want Trump to lose 33:20 WP: Why … Continue reading
Posted in America, Feminism, Journalism
Comments Off on Inculcating An Attitude Of Gratitude & Reverence For The USA (8-15-24)
WEHT To Matt Drudge? (8-14-24)
01:00 NYT: Monkeypox and the Gay Community, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/24/briefing/monkeypox-gay-community.html08:00 WEHT to Matt Drudge?12:20 What Tucker Carlson did to get blacklisted by Matt Drudge, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/finding-matt-drudge/id172618135118:00 Why Drudge turned against Trump, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-drudge-turned-on-trump/id1726181351?i=100064736289430:00 Elites vs regular Americans, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7tJPnS8vJE32:00 We don’t live in a media-run … Continue reading
Posted in America, Australia, Feminism, Journalism
Comments Off on WEHT To Matt Drudge? (8-14-24)