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- The Man at the Door
- Two Runners, Two Deaths: The Hero Systems of Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams
- The Man From Snow River
- The Free Man at the Billabong
- One Song, Many Heavens: “Jerusalem” and the Hero Systems It Holds Together
- The Man on Every Page
- The Afterlife of Coats
- Learning to Live Forever: Rabbi Jonah Steinmetz and the Hero System of the Page
- The Hero System of Rabb Yehuda Moses
- The Accountant
- The Candle and the Name
- Gates of Hope: The Hero System of Rabbi Yael Aranoff
- The Corner of the Field
- Nearer to What?
- A Hero System Essay on St. Andrews Cathedral Music Director Ross Cobb
- The Two Monuments of Yorba Linda
- Eternity in Chalk
- The Heroism of Surrender: Bill Wilson and the Founding of Alcoholics Anonymous
- Saba Is Here
- When Other Helpers Fail
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* 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)
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Category Archives: Personal
Why Do Some Men Fetishize Cheerleaders?
I never had any cheerleaders when I was in school. Back then, I wasn’t the super-cool blogger that I am now. A few years ago, I had a girlfriend who could do cheerleading chants and dance moves. It was really … Continue reading
In The Wake Of The Murders In France, How Can Jews Protect Themselves?
Growing up a Seventh-Day Adventist, I heard far more about what an evil place the outside world is than I have as a convert to Judaism. At the same time, there was no security in my Adventist upbringing. There were … Continue reading
Craig Van Rooyen Was Always Out Of My Reach
I spent my last three years of high school at Placer. It was my first time at a public school. Before then, I’d always gone to Christian schools. I loved the opportunities and freedom of public school but it was … Continue reading
Why Don’t Women **** Me Better?
Esquire’s Chris Jones writes: “There is a spectrum of female lovers just as there is of men. The trouble is, most women act as though they’re sexual Olympians, as though they’re doing the men in their lives the greatest of … Continue reading
Corporate Pranks
A friend posts to FB: Need to interview a branding and marketing expert about corporate pranks on April 1. Looking for someone who can speak to the topic in broad terms and not just promote their own client. I post: … Continue reading
If I Had A Job, Today Would Be Hump Day
My friend Daniel says: “If you had a job, every day would be hump day.”
Asian Massage Parlors Steal My Alexander Technique Clients
I teach a lofty cognitive-based system to help people notice and to let go of their interfering patterns of muscular tension but I’m losing my clients to cheap thrill digital release Asian massage parlors promising ecstasy for just $100. How … Continue reading
A Photo Of A Teenage Rebbe Swimming Topless
In his second lecture on R. Meir Simcha of Dvinsk for Torah in Motion, history professor Marc B. Shapiro says: “I am in possession of a lengthy autobiography of an important rosh yeshiva who is no longer alive. This autobiography … Continue reading
Marvin The Orthodox Menace
My friend Cathy Seipp died five years ago today. Cathy’s daughter Maia Lazar writes: Marvin could not concentrate on the Rashi script. The cantor was not good that day, and the lighting was very dim. Plus, the woman next to … Continue reading
Why Is Luke Not Married?
Greg Leake emails: Hi Luke, On the last Torah Talks at the end you asked, “Why am I not married?” Obviously, you were bouncing off the obscenity comedy that you were advancing prior to the question. I don’t know whether … Continue reading