- https://PayPal.Me/lukeisback
"Luke Ford reports all of the 'juicy' quotes, and has been doing it for years." (Marc B. Shapiro)
"This guy knows all the gossip, the ins and outs, the lashon hara of the Orthodox world. He’s an [expert] in... all the inner workings of the Orthodox world." (Rabbi Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff)"This generation's Hillel." (Nathan Cofnas)
Monthly Archives: July 2021
The Late Religious Scholar Jonathan Z. Smith
From an interview June 2, 2008: * I despise the telephone. That’s probably why. I don’t like it. I’ll reveal my age, but I don’t like the notion [that] for a nickel…anyone could get a hold of me any time … Continue reading
Posted in Religion
Comments Off on The Late Religious Scholar Jonathan Z. Smith
Whiteshift: Populism, Immigration, and the Future of White Majorities
Eric Kaufman writes in this 2019 book: * 80 per cent of the world’s 156 major countries have an ethnic majority and half contain a majority of at least 70 per cent. Europe is one of three relatively homogeneous world … Continue reading
Posted in Nationalism
Comments Off on Whiteshift: Populism, Immigration, and the Future of White Majorities
Simone Biles drops out of the Olympics for mental health reasons (7-27-21)
Americans are so addicted to adderall that now the meds are banned in Japan they're all withdrawing or losing pic.twitter.com/aCtlTc4e2v — Maximus (@xamaximus) July 27, 2021 I’m trying and failing to think of some other professional athlete bowing out of … Continue reading
Posted in Olympics
Comments Off on Simone Biles drops out of the Olympics for mental health reasons (7-27-21)
Thick Vs Thin Identity
Report: “Thick” vs. “thin” ethnic or racial identities: A comprehensive or thick ethnic identity or racial tie is one that organizes a great deal of social life and both individual and collective action. Thick identity powerfully shape most aspects of … Continue reading
Posted in Identity
Comments Off on Thick Vs Thin Identity
Everything Now: Lessons From the City-State of Los Angeles
Here are some highlights from this 2021 book: * In 1921, John Steven McGroarty, a poet who later became a congressman, wrote, “Los Angeles is the most celebrated of all incubators of new creeds, codes of ethics, philosophies—no day passes … Continue reading
Posted in Los Angeles
Comments Off on Everything Now: Lessons From the City-State of Los Angeles