Daily Archives: July 21, 2015

Driving Through Beverly Hills On A Tuesday Morning

Driving by Beverly Hills High School this morning, I saw a patriotic Mexican-American alleviating the dire effects of the drought by watering a tree from a public sidewalk with his own pee. His strong steady stream contrasted sharply with the … Continue reading

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What’s The Intellectual Condition Of Orthodox Judaism?

Ezra Glinter writes for the Forward about Marc B. Shapiro’s new book Changing the Immutable: All this could make for a hearty polemic against the Orthodox scholars, publishers and editors who are more concerned with enforcing ideological conformity than with … Continue reading

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Orthodox Judaism’s Tortured Relationship with Facts

Frum Satire: Look, we’re not children anymore, let’s not pretend that Orthodoxy’s mesorah which goes back to Moshe Rabbainu is any less crooked than the Tail of the Dragon and let’s not pretend it doesn’t have a proportionately equal number … Continue reading

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Steve Sailer: David Frum Denounced for Not Taking Serena Williams Wholly on Faith

Steve Sailer writes: “Last week David Frum was widely denounced for reacting to a New York Times article about Serena Williams’ late career resurgence to Barry Bonds-like dominance (and how her rivals are hamstrung by society’s outmoded body image prejudices … Continue reading

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When Is It OK To Make Jokes About Jews?

From Kveller: But here’s my dilemma. I make Jewish jokes all the time. Case in point: I was at a birthday party recently. The dad hosting the party was Jewish. We were playing on his kids’ new swing set when … Continue reading

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