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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:
- W. Bradford Wilcox: The Sociologist Who Tells America to Get Married
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- Emily Oster: The Economist in the Delivery Room
- The Most Ridiculous Story Ever Told
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- Economist Tyler Cowen
- Richard Reeves: A Life in Institutions
- Jake Adelstein: The Reporter Who Became His Story
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- Robert Oscar Lopez: The Inconvenient Witness
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- 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
- Strange Bedfellows in the Academy: Alliance Theory and the Straussian Schism
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* Steve Wynn and the Press: Power, Litigation, and the Contest Over Las Vegas (6-3-26)
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* The Vigilant Animal: Thinkers Who Reject the Myth of Human Gullibility (6-2-26)
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Category Archives: Marriage
Luke Ford – Failed Alpha Male
Glenn emails: Hi Luke, A while ago I noticed you lamenting on your website about the difficulty of attracting women. It has to do with being or not being an alpha male. Alpha males attract women. There are some sub … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Marriage, Personal
Tagged alpha male, alpha males, attracting women, luke ford, spiritual world
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The Seven Principles For Making Marriage Work
I love this book by John Gottman. I didn’t realize that by age seven, boys almost never play with girls. While a third of preschool friendships are between sexes, by age seven, there are almost no best friendships between boys … Continue reading
Posted in Marriage
Tagged american psychological association, cbs morning news, mental health research, psychotherapy networker, raising an emotionally intelligent child, research scientist award
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What Makes For A Good Marriage
In his third hour today, Dennis Prager, who’s on his third marriage, said: “Let me give you a realization I came to about life that I did not know 20 years ago. The role of luck in good marriage. I … Continue reading
Posted in Dennis Prager, Marriage
Tagged Dennis Prager, divorce situations, Marriage, parents, realization
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Luke Ford Needs A Wife
More Khunrum emails: “Come now professional ladies. Are you not tired of those well groomed, fit and ready suntanned L. A. Hollywood sheiks with the Lamborghini and American Express Gold Card?. How base…how phoney. It’s time you linked with a … Continue reading
Posted in Marriage, Personal
Tagged american express gold card, dead ringer, earth type, luke ford, professional ladies, robinson crusoe
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Kissus Interruptus
You interrupt your kissing to look in the other person’s eyes. In there, you can get a keener sense of yourself. Dr. Schnarch encourages open-eyed kissing. I want to experiment with that more. I tend to like the lights out … Continue reading
Posted in Marriage
Tagged dr schnarch, emotional intimacy, greatest lover, physical sensations, psychology book
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‘Passionate Marriage: Keeping Love & Intimacy Alive In Committed Relationships’
This is the best psychology book I’ve read all year. And it is the book I most need to read. When I have love in my life, I put most of my emotions (providing that everything else in my life … Continue reading
Posted in Marriage, Personal
Tagged boredom, dr schnarch, intimacy, love life, passionate marriage, psychology book
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Meeting The Tests Women Throw Your Way
I just read Orit Arfa‘s new ebook, “Survival of the S—test“. I wish she hadn’t used an obscenity as her title and theme. I’m not into the fecal. It’s not Jewish to muck around in that stuff. Oy, what will … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Marriage, Orit Arfa, Sex
Tagged chariot of fire, Dennis Prager, female flesh, master of the universe, Neil Strauss, nine questions people ask about judaism, sword sleep, titus andronicus by william shakespeare, viktor frankl
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What Do I Want A Girl For?
First, I want a girl to save my life. Remember when we were driving north on the Pacific Coast Highway Nov. 8? I passed a car and was steaming ahead, not realizing I was in the lane for the southbound … Continue reading
Posted in Marriage, Personal
Tagged commanches, destructive tendencies, hot chick, pacific coast highway, social proof, southbound traffic
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Women Don’t Like Jokes About Getting Married
I’ve never known a girlfriend who enjoyed me making jokes about marrying her, making pretend offers to marry her. They never laughed. They never found it funny. As soon as you can laugh about something, it means it’s not a … Continue reading
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Tagged happiest man in the world, internalization, jewish humor, performance art, religious divide, workmen
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Prager Interruptus
From DennisPrager.com: “Dennis talks to Lori Gottleib, widely published journalist who is frequent commentator for NPR’s All Things Considered. Her new book is Marry Him. She was on the show in April of 2008 for an article in Atlantic Magazine … Continue reading →