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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: Adventist
Cooranbong Days
A neighbor from childhood emails: Hi There: I cant believe Ive discovered Luke Ford. I remember you as a little kid in Cooranbong so many years ago–I lived over the road from you at No 3 Alton Rd, the joint … Continue reading
Posted in Adventist, Australia
Tagged alton rd, breath of fresh air, little kid, luke ford, sabbath school classes, split window kombi
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Bill Cork Returns To Adventism
In my blogging adventures, I ran across Bill Cork, who was a Seventh-Day Adventist who converted to Roman Catholicism when I knew him (circa 2004). Now I find out that Bill has returned to Adventism. Wow, what a lot of … Continue reading
Posted in Adventist
Tagged cork, left behind, new religion, old friends, roman catholicism
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‘The First Basket’
I just watched this new documentary. The Jewish population in America increased dramatically during the last decade of the 19th Century. As the immigrants poured in from Europe, they discovered that their new home was sports crazy and that athletic … Continue reading
Posted in Adventist, Dallas, Jews
Tagged christian scriptures, hebrew hammer, jewish game, jewish ghetto, jewish population, paul gallico, shiksa, torah scholar, vulnerable regions
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Phoney Baloney Adventists
I spent the years 1988-1994 in bed. No, I wasn’t having sex most of that time. Nor was I studying Torah. I was sick. I was so sick, I was so devastated by headaches, I couldn’t even listen to music, … Continue reading
Posted in Adventist
Tagged adventists, childhood friends, chronic fatigue syndrome, linda university, nought, phoney baloney
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From Loma Linda To Pico/Robertson
I made this video Sept. 7 after returning home from seeing my father preach.
Posted in Adventist, Personal
Tagged Loma Linda, returning home
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Book Review: Desmond Ford: Reformist Theologian, Gospel Revivalist
I look around the Web and it is hard to find anyone hatin’ on my dad these days. Steve Parker writes: Milton Hook has written the first full biography of Desmond Ford – and it is a great read! It … Continue reading
Posted in Adventist
Tagged desmond ford, endnotes, reformist, steve parker, theologian, timely insight
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My Dad On The Atonement
Jared Wright writes: When Desmond Ford speaks, Adventists still listen. In fact speaking with people who heard Dr. Ford’s presentation, it became clear that much, if not most, of Adventism is aligned theologically with Desmond Ford where atonement is concerned. … Continue reading
Posted in Adventist
Tagged atonement, best laid plans, desmond ford, homily, live updates, Loma Linda
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My Dad’s Faith
Bernard Brandstatter writes: I heard both of Des Ford’s lectures and the extended panel discussion in the afternoon (in which Fritz Guy, Kendra Haloviak, Larry Christoffel and Jon Paulien joined Des on the platform). At the end of both sessions … Continue reading
Posted in Adventist
Tagged brandstatter, christoffel, forensic justification, jon paulien, moral influence, william miller
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Why Does Desmond Ford
It is precisely because of these sorts of theological controversies that I ran as far as I could from Christianity. When the Torah says to keep the Sabbath or bring two turtle doves to the temple, it is pointing out … Continue reading
Posted in Adventist
Tagged adventists share, desmond ford, john and charles wesley, theological controversies, two turtle doves, wesleyan heritage
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