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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:
- Robert Putnam: The Man Who Counted What America Lost
- W. Bradford Wilcox: The Sociologist Who Tells America to Get Married
- Peter Moskos: The Cop Who Talks to People
- Julius Krein
- Ryan Burge: The Numbers Man in the Empty Church
- Emily Oster: The Economist in the Delivery Room
- The Most Ridiculous Story Ever Told
- Tanner Greer
- Economist Tyler Cowen
- Richard Reeves: A Life in Institutions
- Jake Adelstein: The Reporter Who Became His Story
- Jim Goad (1961-2026)
- Moira Greyland
- Robert Oscar Lopez: The Inconvenient Witness
- Two Ledgers: Decoding the Gurus and the Price of Talk
- The Pervert’s Progress: Costin Vlad Alamariu and the Making of Bronze Age Pervert
- Curtis Yarvin: A Life Against Democracy
- Mark Helprin: Against the Current
- Mark Brandt: The Man Who Asked Who Else Is Prejudiced
- John T. Jost: The Psychologist of Acquiescence
BEST POSTS:
- * The Enlightenment Wasn’t Enlightened (6-23-26)
* Mr. Burge Draws The Line (6-23-26)
* 'Improving on Democracy' (6-17-26)
* 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)
* Why Talent Travels Poorly Between San Francisco and Los Angeles (5-27-26)
* San Francisco and Los Angeles as Rival Models of Urban Access (5-27-26)
* Social Cliques in New York, 2026 (5-25-26)
* Social Cliques in San Francisco, 2026 (5-25-26)
* The Rival Courts of Washington (5-25-26)
* The City of Private Rooms (5-25-26)
Category Archives: Personal
Dating & Blogging
I met this Nice Jewish Girl. We were a couple of addicts and like crazy kids, we fell in love over the internet. We enjoyed massive chats on Facebook and long talks on the phone. We dreamed about one day … Continue reading
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If Luke Ford went a-wilding, what would it look like?
* He writes a blog post. * Chaim Amalek: “Luke innocently bumps into an angry black woman, apologizes, returns home to watch some British TV program.”
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You Can Call Me Levi
In Orthodox life, I prefer to use my Hebrew name of “Levi Ben Avraham” (because when I use “Luke Ford” I then immediately have to explain I’m a convert to Judaism as “Luke Ford” is a particularly goyish name, and … Continue reading
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Annabel Likes Mexican Music
On Tinder and JSwipe, I’m pretty indiscriminate on the profiles I click yes on. Today I matched on Tinder with Annabel, a “proud single mother of two boys” who likes Mexican music! She’s 40 and shows no picture. Daniel: Sounds … Continue reading
‘Are You Still Blogging?’
When I run into people I haven’t seen in a while, I am often asked, “Are you still blogging?” I feel like replying, “Are you still married? Are you still a father?” What marriage and fatherhood is to normal men, … Continue reading
Foreskins of My Fathers: A White Man Returns to His Roots
I’m working on a memoir about how the world can be inspired by Zionism to create their own nations. It’s all about the beauties of ethnic unity. This is the message of the Jews — join with your own kind … Continue reading
Maladaptive Daydreaming
I just emailed a friend: “Thanks for the call! I’m well, all over the flu, back at shul in the mornings. Right now I’m listening to a video on maladaptive daydreaming so I’m going to wander back into that world.” … Continue reading
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My Therapist Says I’m Not A Loser
Chaim Amalek: “In America, you are only a loser when you can no longer afford to pay someone to tell you that you are not.”
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What Loyalty?
A friend gives me a hard time for my inability to care for the Los Angeles Lakers the past two years now that they’re losers with no relief in sight. “Either you’re fan or you’re not,” he says. Another friend: … Continue reading
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My Brilliant Narcissistic Career
Sam Vaknin says: The narcissist often strikes people as laid back, parasitic, spoiled, and self-indulgent. Appearances can deceive. Narcissists are either compulsively driven over-achievers or chronic under-achieving wastrels. Most of them fail to make productive use of their capacities. Many … Continue reading
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