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"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) LATEST POSTS:
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- What is a ‘Received Idea’?
- Jordan Bardella: The Manufacture of Normality
- Everyone Became Television: Bourdieu’s Warning and the 2026 Iran War
- Marine Le Pen
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- Nigel Farage
- Bernard Haykel: A Life Between the Text and the Gun
- Walker Connor (1926-2017)
- Benedict Anderson and the Nation as Imagination
- Anthony D. Smith: The Student Who Kept the Question and Rejected the Answer
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- Dominic Cummings: A Biography
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- Stephen Kotkin: A Life in Power
- William T. Vollmann: An American Life in Excess
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- * The Enlightenment Wasn’t Enlightened (6-23-26)
* Mr. Burge Draws The Line (6-23-26)
* 'Improving on Democracy' (6-17-26)
* People Leak To People Who Are Fun (6-11-26)
* Why Does Australia Produce So Many Great Journalists? (6-11-26)
* Steve Wynn and the Press: Power, Litigation, and the Contest Over Las Vegas (6-3-26)
* Sheldon Adelson and the Journalists (6-3-26)
* The Vigilant Animal: Thinkers Who Reject the Myth of Human Gullibility (6-2-26)
* The Cost of Refusing the Misunderstanding Myth (6-2-26)
* Show Me How It Travels (6-2-26)
* The Norm Explainers (6-2-26)
* Centering Marginalized Voices (6-1-26)
* What would it look like if the Washington Post put its reader first? (6-1-26)
* What would it look like if the Financial Times put its reader first? (6-1-26)
* What It Would Mean for the Los Angeles Times to Put the Reader First? (6-1-26)
* What It Would Mean for The New York Times to Put the Reader First? (6-1-26)
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* The Emotional Palettes Of San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco & Sacramento (5-27-26)
* The Administrative Capital: Sacramento Legal Culture (5-27-26)
* San Diego - The Quiet Republic (5-27-26)
* The Quiet Bar: San Diego Legal Culture (5-27-26)
* SF v LA Legal Culture (5-27-26)
* Why Talent Travels Poorly Between San Francisco and Los Angeles (5-27-26)
* San Francisco and Los Angeles as Rival Models of Urban Access (5-27-26)
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Tag Archives: black suit
After 44 Months, I’m Gonna Shave Off My Beard
I just made a deal tonight to get financing for the rest of my Alexander Technique teacher training. As a condition for this loan, I’ve agreed to stay clean-shaven for at least the first year of my Alexander Technique private … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Technique, Personal
Tagged alexander technique teacher, amalek, black suit, financial leverage, pico blvd, private practice, street cred, teacher training, wee lad
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I Like People With Strong Identities
I love people who know who they are and what their place is in life. I love strong identities. It makes relating to someone much easier. Generally, I prefer to deal with a committed Muslim than a wishy-washy Jew. With … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy, Personal
Tagged black suit, christians and muslims, devout muslim, leaf in the wind, orthodox jews, social conventions
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Her Deepest Darkest Fantasy
I have a woman whose deepest darkest fantasy is to see me kiss another woman. What if she wants me to kiss more than one? The prospect of making out with a whole string of beautiful young women fills me … Continue reading
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Tagged black suit, grigori rasputin, lad, unabomber, vows
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My Bearded Buddy
Every day I look more and more like Khalid Sheik Mohammed. My live cam in Gitmo Pico-Robertson where I’m serving a sentence for love crimes. Khunrum emails: “It doesn’t seem that long ago when Luke took pride in his appearance. … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Personal
Tagged black suit, crimes, khalid sheik mohammed, live cam, maharishi mahesh yogi
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