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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) LATEST POSTS:
- What the Clinician Knows: The Career of Amy Bloom
- Steven Pinker: Language, Human Nature, and Progress
- No Lessons: The Fiction of Melvin Jules Bukiet
- The Double Life: Jonathan Ames Between Memoir and Invention
- World-Class Haters: Terry Moran and the End of the Neutral Correspondent
- The Price of Politics: Ian Bremmer and the Making of Political Risk
- The Duck and the Rabbit: Danielle Blau and the Marriage of Philosophy and Poetry
- The Stage He Could Not Find: Lawrence Kohlberg and the Limits of Moral Development
- Steve Almond: Affection Without Exemption
- Karen Bender: Small Decisions, Remade Lives
- John J. Mearsheimer and the Hero System of the Cold Look
- Arne Naess: The Hero System of the Wide Self
- Yael Goldstein Love
- Aimee Bender and the Uses of the Impossible
- Philosopher Rebecca Goldstein
- Karl Stefanovic aka Joe Bogan
- Sociologist John W. Meyer
- Shalom Auslander and the God He Cannot Leave
- The Mattering Map
- Regime Change and the Misunderstanding Myth
BEST POSTS:
* American Epistemics (1-19-26)
* The Most Socially Toxic Inconvenient Truths (1-18-26)
* The Luke Ford Genre (1-18-26)
* The Filkins Pivot: Legacy Prestige and the Fracturing of the Chattering Class (1-16-26)
* Decoding The Trump Doctrine (1-4-26)
* If Tatiana Schlossberg were “Tatiana Smith” (12-30-25)
* ‘I’m So Trained’: How The Credential Society Burned Down the Palisades (12-28-25)
* Status Closure and The Lost Generation (12-25-25)
* The Bondi Massacre (12-15-25)
* Sydney Jews Learn That Their Aussie Social Contract Has Become A Suicide Pact (12-15-25)
* Terror in Sydney: Analyzing the “Chanukah by the Sea” Massacre (12-14-25)
* Decoding Nick Fuentes (11-2-25)
* The Landscape of Emotional Sobriety (10-29-30)
* The Rise & Fall Of Air Supply (10-19-25)
* No Kings, No Results: How Elite Pride Replaced Real Progress (10-19-25)
* You Are An Important Soldier In A Great War (9-7-25)
* The Revolt Of The Masses (8-31-25)
* The Covenant of Ashwood (8-24-25)
* If you can’t trust central bankers, then who can you trust? (8-23-25)
* Why Is The Elite Media Singing From The Same Hymnal About The Trump-Putin Summit? (8-17-25)
* Why Do Smart News Operations Sound So Uniformly Dumb So Often? (8-16-25)
* Nobody Is Coming (8-10-25)
* When Elites Restrict Our Speech, It’s Because They Love Truth, Freedom & Democracy (8-3-25)
Category Archives: Personal
Luke Ford In Lights
Chaim Amalek emails: I was walking by the Sony Multiplex in Lincoln Center today when I peered up at the marquee and guess which name I saw zipping by? LUKE FORD. Apparently there is an Aussie actor out there with … Continue reading
Why So Serious?
Lou Ford (I don’t know who this bloke is, I just know him from his correspondence correcting my errors) emails: "Hey, Luke, saw you at the Robertson Library today. Very impressive mane all around; weight loss looks good too. But … Continue reading
I Feel Like I’m Floating
I had my first lesson in Alexander Technique today. My teacher released all my tension. I feel at peace. I want to sing and dance in all of my gorgeousness. So as we begin our journey to love I want … Continue reading
Is Luke Ford Good For The Jews?
Rabbi Gadol writes: "Your blog is not good for the Jews. Most of your stories make Jews seem bigoted or stupid or narrow minded or perverted out of their minds or all of the above. The average person would not … Continue reading
The Kindly Jew
So I’m walking down the street Wednesday (circa 6 pm) untangling difficult Talmudic passages in my head when I come upon an old lady kneeling in the grass. She’s in high heels but one shoe is off. Her bags are … Continue reading
When The Earthquake Hit Yesterday, Did I Pray?
Nope. It didn’t even occur to me to pray. I don’t bless people either. I have a friend who goes around saying blessings, and we should send blessings, blah blah. I don’t talk that way. Don’t ask me to bless … Continue reading
People Of The World, This Is Our Moment
I’m live on my cam talking to the world, not as a moral leader, but as a spiritual artist: People of Pico/Robertson – people of the world – this is our moment. This is our time. I know my country has … Continue reading
I Just Scheduled My First Lesson In Alexander Technique
I heard about it from Neil Strauss. I then read a couple of books on it and watched several videotapes and YouTube segments. I’m doing Alexander because I have horrible posture and it affects my voice and my headaches and … Continue reading