Monthly Archives: February 2014

The Joys Of Diversity

Posted on February 24, 2014 by Luke Ford

Chaim Amalek writes: I live on the Upper West Side and I cannot imagine what it would be like without diversity. Who would deliver our Chinese and Thai, if not the Chinese and Hispanic? And who would slice our salmon … Continue reading →

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White Oppression

Posted on February 23, 2014 by Luke Ford

Nicholas Kristof wrote from Zimbabwe for the New York Times Mar. 23, 2005: The hungry children and the families dying of AIDS here are gut-wrenching, but somehow what I find even more depressing is this: Many, many ordinary black Zimbabweans … Continue reading →

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What’s With White Guys And Cows?

Posted on February 22, 2014 by Luke Ford

Every time I see some guy convicted for interfering with a cow, it’s always a white guy. What’s up with that? Who knew that cows were part of the Stuff White People Like? Report: The owner of a local farm … Continue reading →

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Feeling sad I couldn’t work ‘The tragic mulatto’ into last night’s Shabbat dinner

Posted on February 22, 2014 by Luke Ford

I’m checking all the Facebook pages to make sure I was not socially inappropriate last night. We all took turns sharing, and in a break from the tradition of giving one thing we were grateful for that week, we instead … Continue reading →

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Your Life Chances Are Largely Shaped By Your Genes

Posted on February 22, 2014 by Luke Ford

Economist Gregory Clark wrote in the New York Times Feb. 21, 2014: To a striking extent, your overall life chances can be predicted not just from your parents’ status but also from your great-great-great-grandparents’. The recent study suggests that 10 … Continue reading →

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