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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
- The Coalition-Proximity Rule
- 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
- Steve Lopez: The Last City Columnist
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- Stephen Kotkin: A Life in Power
- William T. Vollmann: An American Life in Excess
- Rod Dreher: A Life in Exile
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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)
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* 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)
* Social Cliques in New York, 2026 (5-25-26)
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Tag Archives: credit card debt
Oct. 21, 2007
On October 21, 2007, I decided (after an email ultimatum from my rabbi that evening to either quit XXX or leave the shul) to stop writing on the porn industry and to sell my website lukeisback.com. It’s been four years … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged alexander technique teacher, credit card debt, porn industry, rabbi, shul
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Obama Prefers To Follow
On his radio show today, Dennis Prager said: “For the first time, I am not sure that Obama will be re-elected in 2012.” From DennisPrager.com: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 Radio Show 20110413 -1 Leader Less Prager H1: President Obama’s leadership … Continue reading
Posted in Dennis Prager
Tagged congressman jerrold nadler, credit card debt, deficit problem, democratic congressman, jerrold nadler, leadership style
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Three Hebrew Boys Go To Prison For Decades For Investment Scam
Way to make Jews look good! These clowns described themselves around town as “three Hebrew boys.” Now they are three Hebrew boys who will probably get to spend a lot of time with white Aryans and other non-Jews in prison. … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse
Tagged credit card debt, foreign currencies, hebrew boys, joseph brunson, mail fraud, tony pough
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I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends
When I quit writing on porn in October of 2007, I had $6,000 in the bank. Now I have $26,000 in credit card debt. I have $10,000 in other debts. And I owe my family about $9,000. Over the past … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged alexander teacher, alexander technique lessons, chronic fatigue syndrome, credit card debt, health premiums, little help from my friends, psycho therapy
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Through The Cold
He walked through the Thursday evening cold with ****. “I’ve got to stop fooling myself and accept that it’s winter,” she said. “I never look at the weather reports.” She shivered. They were on the way to the Workmen’s Circle … Continue reading
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Tagged alexander teacher, credit card debt, robertson blvd, t project, voice exercises, weather reports, word story, workmen
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Purim Begins Monday Night
Three Orthodox rabbis Hershel Billet, Kalman Topp, Aaron Glatt) sent out this letter: Dear Friends As you well know, we are in the midst of a financial crisis unprecedented during our lifetimes. As a community we must take stock of … Continue reading
Posted in Judaism
Tagged budget project, credit card debt, ircha, material possessions, new realities, orthodox rabbis
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Clean Cups, Dirty Hearts
A friend calls. "I saw a bunch of Orthodox Jews walking today. I said to my brother, ‘Clean cups, dirty hearts." Luke: "What does that mean?" Friend: "It means that their cups are clean because of Talmudic rule 1378 but … Continue reading
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Tagged brazil, credit card debt, dirty hearts, orthodox jews, thousand dollars
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I Want To Lease A Car
Anyone have any good advice for me? I don’t even know what type of car I want to lease. Just something cheap. [email protected] I called up carsdirect.com. I said I didn’t know what type of car I wanted. They said … Continue reading
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Tagged credit card debt, honda civic, mileage limit, trip to vancouver, two doors
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