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"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
If I Were A Guru…
Grok says: To assess how Luke Ford, the writer and podcaster, might rank on the Decoding the Gurus “Gurometer,” we need to apply the framework that Christopher Kavanagh and Matthew Browne use to evaluate “secular gurus.” The Gurometer isn’t a … Continue reading
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Constitutional Dictatorship: Crisis Government in the Modern Democracies
I ask Grok: “How does Clinton Rossiter’s scholarship, in particular his book Constitutional dictatorship: Crisis Government in the Modern Democracies, help us understand America today?” Grok says: Clinton Rossiter’s Constitutional Dictatorship: Crisis Government in the Modern Democracies offers a framework … Continue reading
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Is Gossip Good?
The New Yorker writes Mar. 17, 2025: Kelsey McKinney, a podcast host and a champion of gossip, is out to change the practice’s bad reputation. “We gossip not only because we can but because we have to,” Kelsey McKinney writes … Continue reading
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The Rabbi & The Wanker
My mate writes to Grok: “write a short story about Luke Ford preparing to masturbate only to have the mental image of his crusty lipped rabbi looking down at him disrupt his plans.” Grok: Luke Ford settled into his worn-out … Continue reading
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How do Orthodox rabbis compete for status?
Grok says: Orthodox rabbis compete for status in a mix of subtle and overt ways, rooted in a world where authority hinges on scholarship, charisma, and community clout—less a free-for-all brawl, more a chess game with unwritten rules. It’s not … Continue reading
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