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"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
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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)
* 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: Articles
Camera Of Death Vs West Hollywood Image Awards
Click here for the pictures, video and full report. 3:35 p.m. I arrive to Hollywood early to beat the traffic. I’ll read a book ("Heroes" by Paul Johnson) for a couple of hours. I make a video musing about the … Continue reading
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Luke Ford Needs A Wife
Chaim Amalek emails: Nothing more compellingly chastises a man for not being married than being sick. (Of course, not having real health insurance, and trying to sleep in a room that’s 16 degrees above freezing do not help matters any.) … Continue reading
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I’ll See You Tonight!
Along with L.A.’s entire Orthodox community, I’ll be attending the Seventh Annual WeHo Awards recognizing outstanding achievements in the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Community. Celebrities expected include host Niece Nash (RENO 911), honoree Bruce Vilanch, and many others. Avalon … Continue reading
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Spinka Scandal
The blogger Orthodonomics posts to Cross-Currents: I might be one of the few bloggers who has the tax notes sitting on my nightstand. I would not use insularity as the description to describe the basis for this scheme, but arrogance. … Continue reading
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Evan Sayet’s Right To Laugh Dinner Jan. 27 at HaHa Cafe In North Hollywood
Evan Sayet (read our interview) emails: It’s been a while (I’ve been busy writing the book), so I’ve decided to hold a Right to Laugh night of conservative comedy. It’s going to be Sunday, January 27th (there’s no football that … Continue reading
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Let A Thousand Flowers Bloom!
I’m experimenting with the comments section. Currently I have to approve all comments. Any foul comment (needless and excessive use of profanity, anonymous and irresponsible personal attacks) is likely to get the commenter banned for life. Behave like you were … Continue reading
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Why didn’t TMZ mock the deaths of Suzanne Pleshette & Bobby Fischer?
Tabloid Baby reports: So why did the scat queens at the corporate porn-pushing gossip site TMZ.com back off on the flip cruelty when reporting on the painful death of lovely actress Suzanne Pleshette this morning? The giddy boys and dull … Continue reading
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60 Minutes, Charlie Rose & the racial slur
Tabloid Baby reports: New York city socialite and PBS celebrity apple polisher Charlie Rose is the latest entertainer to win one of the plum jobs at CBS News, joining heavyweights Katie Couric and Anderson Cooper as a storyfronter on 60 … Continue reading
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Nena Cherry Is Dead
I frequently tangled with Nena in 1998 and 1999 due to my reporting that she was HIV-positive. Despite her diagnosis, she continued to do sex work and I thought it was a mitzva to report on her. I hate it … Continue reading
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Judging women based on how they cover their hair
From FrumSatire: Women in the frum community are judged by many things, how well they can make a kugel, how many children they can have while they are still teenagers, how fast they can roll one of those huge strollers, … Continue reading