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- The Most Ridiculous Story Ever Told
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- John T. Jost: The Psychologist of Acquiescence
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* People Leak To People Who Are Fun (6-11-26)
* 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)
* Sheldon Adelson and the Journalists (6-3-26)
* 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)
* What would it look like if the Financial Times put its reader first? (6-1-26)
* What It Would Mean for the Los Angeles Times to Put the Reader First? (6-1-26)
* What It Would Mean for The New York Times to Put the Reader First? (6-1-26)
* Why Wembanyama Lives on the Perimeter (5-31-26)
* The Emotional Palettes Of San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco & Sacramento (5-27-26)
* The Administrative Capital: Sacramento Legal Culture (5-27-26)
* San Diego - The Quiet Republic (5-27-26)
* The Quiet Bar: San Diego Legal Culture (5-27-26)
* SF v LA Legal Culture (5-27-26)
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Category Archives: Personal
The Lively Tweets Of John Podhoretz
Rob Eshman says I was born to blog. John Podhoretz, by contrast, was born to tweet. There’s no editor of a major publication who comes close to the explosiveness of Podhoretz, the editor of Commentary magazine. His Twitter feed makes … Continue reading
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Moving On Up
I love this journaling exercise where I write out things I admire about my friends (and scheme about how I can move up in social status for the sake of the Lord). I’m looking at my friends on FB and … Continue reading
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Jews 4 Gentiles
My rebbe says: Had you listened to me over the years you would now be on your second or third hot wife. You failed to even try establishing the program (the Luke Ford Diversity Hour) that might have made you … Continue reading
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Euphoric Recall Has Been A Major Party Of My Life
I never even heard of this term until last week. Now I seizing on it. It’s going to usher in a new level of sobriety for me. When an addict is in euphoric recall, you’re probably not emotionally sober. Pretty … Continue reading
I Am A Jewish Chauvinist
My natural inclination is to think that Jews and all things Jewish are the best and that at all times and in all places they are superior to their non-Jewish alternatives. I converted to Orthodox Judaism. I changed my whole … Continue reading
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Forward!
* Friend: “So how much credit card debt do you have today?” Luke: “I think I have it under $40k.” Friend: “Where’s your spreadsheet showing exactly how much you owe today and what your projected payments are and when exactly … Continue reading
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Some people aren’t very spiritual
I was telling a friend about all the wonderful things God was doing in my life and he said, “Can you get sex with desirable women?”
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Last night, the Episcopal priest told me that the most spiritual person she knew was a gay trans rabbi
* Is there a name for what whites and asians feel when they drive into downtown LA? I had that crippling anxiety last night. I was briefly in Jew heaven when I found free parking a block away from the … Continue reading
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The Life Cycle Of The Blogger
Bloggers start out with exuberance. The hits come in, and the attention and the emails, and the growing circle of acquaintances. At first you get many detractors, but if your work blazes new ground, if you make a contribution, you … Continue reading