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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)
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Category Archives: Articles
Help Luke Join The Cool Kids!
I want to snag a ride to and from LimmudLA this weekend. I posted on Limmud’s ride sharing board but got no response. Sometimes I fear that I’ve lost my mojo. In my desperation, I’m making this one time offer … Continue reading
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Remind Me To Never Read Another Shakespeare Biography
They’re all boring. Even a talent writer such as Bill Bryson can’t put together anything compelling because we know so little. Oh, you say we know more about Shakespeare than almost any contemporary. Well, big deal. It’s still drips and … Continue reading
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The Glamorous World Of Self-Publishing
In December, I sold four of my self-published books for total royalties of $17.79. Total Sales: The Producers: 234 XXX-Communicated: 121 Yesterday’s News Tomorrow: 75
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Online Dating Helping Pathetic Women Get Their Hopes Crushed More Efficiently
From The Onion: "Websites like Match.com allow sad, lonely women all over the country to invite pain and rejection into their lives with just a few clicks of the mouse." It’s a good companion video to the Atlantic’s essay on … Continue reading
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The Writing Was On The Wall For Dr. Bruce J. Nadler
The friends and family of Dr. Bruce Nadler say the writing was on the wall. He used to be a big doctor. He started spiraling downhill. He lost his medical license. He closed his practice. His wife Terri never indicated … Continue reading
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Religions With Their Own Laws
Christopher Hitchens writes: In December 1931, George Orwell got himself arrested in the slums of East London in order to find out about conditions "inside," and then he wrote an essay about the people he met while in detention. One … Continue reading
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591 Registered For LimmudLA
From the LA Times Saturday: Jews from across Southern California will converge on a Costa Mesa hotel Feb. 15-18 for a non-denominational, eclectic conference on Jewish life and learning, organizers say. About 600 Reform, Conservative, Reconstructionist, Orthodox and secular Jews … Continue reading
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The Walk
People can distinguish me from a distance because of my gait. I roll my shoulders fighting for decent posture and swagger. As professor William F. S. Miles writes in his book Zion in the Desert: American Jews in Israel’s Reform … Continue reading
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My Favorite Hymns On YouTube
Abide With Me Abide With Me at Auschwitz Nearer My God To Thee Jerusalem Jerusalem Land of Hope and Glory ala Pomp & Circumstance
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Religion Videos On YouTube
Christ Christianity Conservative Judaism Ethics Exorcism Hymn Jews Judaism Morals Rabbi Reform Judaism Shmuley Boteach Torah
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