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- 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)
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- 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
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- * 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)
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* San Francisco and Los Angeles as Rival Models of Urban Access (5-27-26)
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Category Archives: Adventist
Growing Up Adventist: A Dialogue Between Luke Ford and Gary Chartier II
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My Abba’s Still Got His Fastball
Though racked by pain and illness, my dad still held ’em spellbound at Loma Linda University Saturday afternoon. But let’s talk about me. I leave my phone off the hook 90% of the time and then check my messages about … Continue reading
Posted in Adventist, Personal
Tagged abba, bible passages, dad, divine response, fastball, loma linda university, mumbo jumbo, naive views, orthodox jews, saturday afternoon
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My Dad Speaks At Loma Linda University On Shabbos
Jared Wright writes: The Good News Tour won’t be the only show in town September 5 & 6. At his newly refurbished blog, AdventistExpressions.com (a reincarnation of Progressive Adventism), LLU professor of religion Dr. Julius Nam writes that Dr. Desmond … Continue reading
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Tagged creating god, desmond ford, human image, lecture titles, loma linda university, odd coincidence
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My Dad Is Lecturing At Loma Linda University Sept 6
From the Facebook announcement: The Adventist Today Foundation will host the 2008 Richard Hammill Memorial Lecture by Dr. Desmond Ford on Sabbath, September 6, 2008 beginning at 3 pm in the Campus Hill Church on the campus of Loma Linda … Continue reading
Posted in Adventist, Personal
Tagged desmond ford, informative presentations, la sierra university, loma linda university, memorial lecture series, sabbath evening
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Come Home
D. emails: “Greeting Happy Sabbath, I don’t know you, never heard of you until today while doing research on the internet. I was looking up info regarding the SDA church and what happened in the 70’s and 80’s. The name … Continue reading
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Tagged 3rd generation, desmond ford, doing research, ford, God, hypocrites, jesus, pastors, preacher, remnant church, rsquo, Sabbath, sda church
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What Has Happened To The Seventh-Day Adventist Church Since My Dad Left?
Here’s a pdf document of a 2005 report in Adventism Today. I grew up with the author — Arthur Patrick — and his family. His wife was my third grade teacher. When I first learned to read, I would borrow … Continue reading
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Paradise Lost
Luke at Stanford gay rights sculpture May 9 Another Stanford Taboo Cheeky At Albion Luke at CA/OR border May 10 Another Another Battle Creek, OR May 11 Another Another Luke at Angwin, CA May 13, the home I lived in … Continue reading
Posted in Adventist, California, Personal, PUC
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I’m Interviewed By ProgressiveAdventism.com
Loma Linda University religion professor Julius Nam asks me about my journey from Adventism to Judaism. As the interview is no longer online, I am republishing it here with the comments: Born in 1966 as the third child of Seventh-day … Continue reading
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Tagged conversion to judaism, desmond ford, kurri kurri, sierra college in rocklin, sierra college in rocklin california, university religion professor
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