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- The Most Ridiculous Story Ever Told
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* Why Does Australia Produce So Many Great Journalists? (6-11-26)
* Steve Wynn and the Press: Power, Litigation, and the Contest Over Las Vegas (6-3-26)
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* The Vigilant Animal: Thinkers Who Reject the Myth of Human Gullibility (6-2-26)
* The Cost of Refusing the Misunderstanding Myth (6-2-26)
* Show Me How It Travels (6-2-26)
* The Norm Explainers (6-2-26)
* Centering Marginalized Voices (6-1-26)
* What would it look like if the Washington Post put its reader first? (6-1-26)
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Category Archives: Personal
Your Moral Code
I find slavery abhorrent but who cares about my feelings. I get my values from Judaism. The Torah (both in its written and oral forms) allowed slavery. From the Orthodox Jewish perspective, the Torah comes from God. So if I … Continue reading
What’s It Like When A Family Member Converts To Judaism?
Is it any different for those left behind if the black sheep had become Catholic or Buddhist or Muslim? Does it feel like a diss of the family? I meet a lot of people who convert to Judaism, but I … Continue reading
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Clothes Make The Man
I’ve never earned over $50,000 in a year and I usually choose freedom of expression over conventional employment paths. As a result, I’ve never developed expensive tastes. I’ve never gotten into clothes. My sister came through town a few weeks … Continue reading
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Street Parking Mommas
Luke: “Did you find parking?” Woman: “On the street.” Luke: “My momma warned me about women like you, brazen hussies, street parking mommas. She told me to save myself for a nice girl with reserved parking.”
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When you’re young, you fear death. When you’re old, you fear life.
When I was young, I feared death. I knew many people who had died, including a friend my age. The outside world seemed like a frightening place. I knew I had some reckless tendencies and they scared me. As I … Continue reading
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Rodger Jacobs, RIP
The coroner’s report shows that Rodger drank himself to death on July 5, 2016. He was 57. I never met Rodger Jacobs in person but he was in my life for a decade (from 1998 to 2005, he was in … Continue reading
Friend: ‘What’s going on with you Saturday nights. Your output has shrunk considerably. Are you cheating on us?’
I want to drift off into sleep. Getting too energized posting is not good for my sleep. Only when I have strong compulsions do I post a bunch Saturday night. When it is hot Saturday night, I feel sleepy and … Continue reading
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How Not to Name Your Child
My parents had no idea I would convert to Orthodox Judaism when they named me “Luke Carey Ford.” They feared the other kids at school would call me “Elsie” (LC), but that never happened. I think Luke Ford is an … Continue reading
Marry Me
* I fear retweeting is damaging my brand. I should be more original my friends say. * Why are all and I do mean ALL of the Trump women so hot and the average Democrat woman so un-hot? * Why … Continue reading
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Finding A Wife
Friend: What are you doing to attract a wife? Luke: Hagbah Tweeting Friend: No women present I hope u have followers on Twitter, not many in fb. Maybe if you stopped wasting your time on Shtuyot, and went to social … Continue reading
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