Daily Archives: January 28, 2008

Hillary’s Last Best Hope

Posted on January 28, 2008 by Luke Ford

New Entry for the 2008 Dictionary: Electile Dysfunction: the inability to become aroused over any of the choices for president put forth by either party in the 2008 election year. The last best hope for the Clintons is to hone … Continue reading →

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The Book of Vice: Very Naughty Things (and How to Do Them) by Peter Sagal

Posted on January 28, 2008 by Luke Ford

Publishers Weekly says: "NPR host Sagal (Wait, Wait… Don’t Tell Me) offers a hilarious, harmlessly prurient look at the banality of regular people’s strange and wicked pleasures. In the wake of the late-1990s obsession with other people’s fun, notes Sagal, … Continue reading →

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Kashrut Alert

Posted on January 28, 2008 by Luke Ford

Dear friends, I am extending my moral leadership to questions of kashrut. As you may remember, a question arose a couple of months ago concerning the status of the non-glatt kosher meats being produced by the Rubashkin company. (These are … Continue reading →

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Your Moral Leader Gets In Shape For The Super Bowl

Posted on January 28, 2008 by Luke Ford

I’ve put aside the sacred texts to produce this Jane Fonda-style workout video to the theme of Rocky. Chaim Amalek writes: If you were more entrepreneurial, you would be rich! Think: baseball trading cards but with rabbis instead of sportsmen. … Continue reading →

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Depressed Blogger Launches Attack Ad On Self

Posted on January 28, 2008 by Luke Ford

WASHINGTON—In the midst of a fiercely competitive race to be America’s top Republican-Jewish blogger, an increasingly depressed Luke Ford shocked Orthodox insiders Monday when he released a new national attack ad targeting himself. The ad, which is scheduled to air … Continue reading →

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