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- The Jewish Jesus and His Interpreters: Amy-Jill Levine and the Return of the New Testament to Second Temple Judaism
- The Keeper of the Dead: Timothy Snyder’s Hero System
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- The Anarchists’ Son in Perry Miller’s Chair
- Ruth Wisse Against the Schlemiel
- The Man Who Lived in the Conjunction: A Hero System Reading of Stephen J. Whitfield
- The Hero System of Literary Critic Robert Alter
- ‘The journey is over. Love to all.’
- The Private Case
- Eager to Fight: The Hero System of John Podhoretz
- The Hero System of Norman Podhoretz
- Cynthia Ozick’s Hero System: The Idol and the Word
- The Editor Who Decided What Survives: Jules Chametzky and the Hero System of the Canon
- Good Faith and Its Strangers: The Hero System of William Shernoff
- The Whistle in the Garden: Leo Marx’s Hero System
- The Self-Fathered Man: Daniel Aaron’s America
- I Can’t Remember A Leader As Unpredictable As Trump
- Allen Guttmann and the Myth of Rational Secularization
- The Illusion of the Sovereign Imagination
- The Myth of Cosmopolitan Transcendence
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* If Tatiana Schlossberg were “Tatiana Smith” (12-30-25)
* ‘I’m So Trained’: How The Credential Society Burned Down the Palisades (12-28-25)
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Category Archives: Personal
Surprised At The Library
I was sitting at the library Thursday evening exchanging torrid emails with a young shiksa via my Blackberry. On my lap was the sacred text of the February issue of Commentary magazine. I sensed something ominous to my left and … Continue reading
I’m Gonna Do My Therapy Next Tuesday In Front Of 30 Interns!
Then six of them will gather with the clinician and discuss it. And I’ll get to watch! Hot! Please pray for me! Feb. 17 at 4pm! Today I got to have my two hours of therapy recorded and it will … Continue reading
I Used To Be The Number One ‘Luke’ In The World
I used to Google the word "Luke" and I was the number one result. Now I’m number seven. I rank behind the Gospel of Luke, Luke Skywalker, Luke the Diagnostic Tool and Luke Air Force Base. How humiliating! These others … Continue reading
Luke Needs Viagra For Sex With Hippo
I got this therapy meme (well, actually, someone else did, but I’m taking it) on Facebook: "Here’s how it works: Google “[your first name] needs” and share the first 10 results. That’s it: it is that simple. But be honest! … Continue reading
I’m Thinking Of Oiling My Beard
Outside of therapy today, I sat in the sun next to a guy with a big ol’ gash on his left ear. It was all bloody. We got to talking as I tend to do around people with bloody ears. … Continue reading
Join Luke Ford On His Cam For Live Israeli Election Results
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What Is It Like To Go On A Date With Luke Ford?
Khunrum emails: "Buddy….I’m wondering just what a Luke Ford "date" consists of. It appears to me that these sweet creatures would settle for nothing less than an pricey ($$$$$) evening out on the town. Why don’t you describe in 50 … Continue reading
How Do You Deal With Friends Who Want To Demean You?
Like Dennis Prager, I’ve dedicated my life to uplifting the human condition. I pattern my behavior on tne highest ideals of Western Civilization in general and the Torah in particular. Despite this, I have people in my life who try … Continue reading