Tag Archives: Christopher Hitchens

Stupid Things People Tell Themselves To Feel Better

On his radio show Dec. 9, 2011, Dennis Prager said: “Christopher Hitchens has stopped making the announcement, ‘Whatever doesn’t kill me makes me stronger.’” “I should do an article taking on these irrational sayings. People say these things to comfort … Continue reading

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Have I Made You More Religious?

I email my Advisory Committee: “You guys are my closest friends. Have I persuaded any of you to become more religious? To reach out to God?” Fred emails: Is that what you were trying to do? I have actually become … Continue reading

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My Three Favorite Jewish Blogs

Here’s what I read in order of frequency checked: * JewishJournal.com. It’s not so much the conventional news stories it places at the top of the site. It is its listings of updated blogs midway down the front page on … Continue reading

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Rabbi Shmuley Boteach’s Issue With American Jewish University

Rabbi Boteach writes: I thought of this story recently in an incident with the American Jewish University (formerly, the University of Judaism) in Los Angeles after my organization, This World: The Values Network, approached the AJU to ask if they … Continue reading

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Fly Fishing With Darth Vader: And Other Adventures with Evangelical Wrestlers, Political Hitmen, and Jewish Cowboys

Author Matt Labash emails: Hey Luke, long time, no talk. Thought you should know my new book’s out, and you’re in it. The porners meet the professors piece, in which you served as my guide. The book is kind of … Continue reading

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