Monthly Archives: December 2017

LAT: ‘Antipathy toward the Muslim minority is rooted in racial differences and spiked with fears of Islamist terrorism.’

Posted on December 26, 2017 by Luke Ford

Isn’t that all you need to know? Racial differences and fears of terrorism sound like a rational reason for outsiders to hate a group. The path to a happy life is to be of service to others. The path to … Continue reading →

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Parasha Vayechi (Gen. 47:28-50:26)

Posted on December 24, 2017 by Luke Ford

Listen here and here and here. Watch. This week’s Torah portion concludes the Book of Genesis: “The parashah tells of Jacob’s request for burial in Canaan, Jacob’s blessing of Joseph’s sons Ephraim and Manasseh, Jacob’s blessing of his sons, Jacob’s … Continue reading →

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Why all the sympathy for this slaughterhouse executive?

Posted on December 22, 2017 by Luke Ford

Samuel Freedman writes for the Washington Post: Such was the human face of the social wreckage visited upon Postville by its would-be savior, an Orthodox Jewish executive and rabbi named Sholom Rubashkin. This same man, who was convicted of a … Continue reading →

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Losing Her Religion

Posted on December 22, 2017 by Luke Ford

From the New York Times Book Review: THE BOOK OF SEPARATION A Memoir By Tova Mirvis 302 pp. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. $26. Modern Orthodox Judaism — a loosely defined sect that adheres to the strictures of Jewish Scripture, while engaging … Continue reading →

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Billy Joel’s ‘Only The Good Die Young’

Posted on December 22, 2017 by Luke Ford

Comments at Steve Sailer: * Joel claims he wrote the song about a real girl he tried to bed when he was a teenager. * First four verses: I want to get in your pants, Virginia, please discard your silly … Continue reading →

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