Monthly Archives: March 2021

Desirable But Dangerous: Rabbis Daughters in the Babylonian Talmud

Posted on March 24, 2021 by Luke Ford

Dvora Weisberg from Hebrew Union College writes: In classical rabbinic literature, women are an anomaly. Rabbinic law sometimes treats women like persons and at other times like chattel.1 Non-legal texts some times characterize women in positive terms and portray individual … Continue reading →

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How Americans Were Driven To Extremes

Posted on March 24, 2021 by Luke Ford

From Foreign Affairs: “In most cases, polarization grows out of one primary identity division—usually either ethnic, religious, or ideological. In Kenya, for instance, polarization feeds off fierce competition between ethnic groups. In India, it reflects the divide between secular and … Continue reading →

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Build Yourself Up Without Limits: A Strategy To Win At Everything (3-23-21)

Posted on March 23, 2021 by Luke Ford

00:00 Build Yourself Up Without Limits, https://andrewdeutsch.net/ 03:00 Museum states, interview with Andrew Deutsch, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unconventional-thinkers/id1260683436?i=1000505874539 08:00 Dennis Dale joins, https://twitter.com/eladsinned 16:00 Velvet fisting in Portland, https://dennisdale.wordpress.com/2021/03/22/portland-dispatch-march-22-velvet-fisting/ 26:30 Dooovid joins, https://twitter.com/RebDoooovid 32:00 The perils of the e-personality 1:30:00 Shocker: 20-Year Study … Continue reading →

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WSJ: Can’t Sleep? Here Are Some Surprising Strategies That Actually Work

Posted on March 23, 2021 by Luke Ford

From the WSJ: Ironically, insomnia is also driven by the things we do to try to solve it, experts say. We start to chase sleep—waking up later, taking naps, going to bed too early. This diminishes our sleep drive, which … Continue reading →

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The Private Lives Of Strippers (3-22-21)

Posted on March 22, 2021 by Luke Ford

00:00 Miami Beach riots 10:00 The private lives of strippers 15:00 10 STRIPPER HYGIENE TIPS!, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-spwJrnGbI 20:30 Amy Wax + Paul Gottfried on cancel culture and the society it destroys, https://player.fm/series/cottogottfried/amy-wax-paul-gottfried-on-cancel-culture-and-the-society-it-destroys 26:00 Amy Wax talks about Christians, Jews and American … Continue reading →

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