Daily Archives: August 7, 2015

Megyn Kelly: Hall Monitor For The Hivemind

Posted on August 7, 2015 by Luke Ford

From Chateau Heartiste: Trump effortlessly bats away her attempt to entrap him into cuckservative apologia for imaginary misogyny. Can’t stump the Trump! The audience (including women) applauds. MegYn fumes and tries to shout over Trump’s shit-eating grin (it’s a loud … Continue reading →

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Reworking The Twelve Steps

Posted on August 7, 2015 by Luke Ford

My previous efforts. Step One. Admit that I am powerless over my addictions. I am powerless over my desires for attention, nurturing, beauty, and power. I am powerless over my debting and under-earning and under-achieving and under-being. I am powerless … Continue reading →

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Torah Scholars Tend To Be Frail

Posted on August 7, 2015 by Luke Ford

One does not usually associate ruddy health with the most religious Jews. Adam Kirsch writes: Yet Talmud scholars, the chapter also teaches, did not often get a chance to indulge in such dainties. Whether because they were too poor, too … Continue reading →

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TabletMag: The White House and its allies shouldn’t need to smear American Jews–and a sitting senator–as dual loyalists to make their case

Posted on August 7, 2015 by Luke Ford

From TabletMag: As heated as the arguments between us can get, we can all agree that all of these positions, and their many variants, are entirely within the bounds of legitimate political debate—and that none of them are evidence of … Continue reading →

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What Made Hurricane Katrina Different?

Posted on August 7, 2015 by Luke Ford

Walter Isaacson writes: Walker Percy had a theory about hurricanes. “Though science taught that good environments were better than bad environments, it appeared to him that the opposite was the case,” he wrote of Will Barrett, the semi-autobiographical title character … Continue reading →

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