Politics in Israel “As he did when he was first elected prime minister in 1996 (against all odds), Netanyahu has again assembled a coalition of dejected minorities…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 30 April 2015 As he did when he was first elected prime minister in 1996 (against all...
Judaism “A sense of contact with the ultimate dawns upon most people when their self-reliance is swept away by violent misery” Author Drew Kaplan Date 30 April 2015 What I have learned from Jewish life is that if a man is not...
Business, Christianity, Politics in America “The most important clergyman for Christian libertarianism…was the Rev. Billy Graham” Author Drew Kaplan Date 29 April 2015 The most important clergyman for Christian libertarianism…was the Rev. Billy Graham. In his initial...
Advertising, Social Media, Twitter “Sponsored tweets aren’t about replacing traditional ads, but about ‘creating a kind of surround-sound on different platforms'” Author Drew Kaplan Date 28 April 2015 Sponsored tweets aren’t about replacing traditional ads, but about “creating a kind of surround-sound...
America “Those born in the late 70s and early 80s were the last group to have a childhood devoid of all the technology that…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 26 April 2015 We were the first group of high school kids to do research for papers...
Semantics “In a world where the selfie has become our dominant art form, tautological phrases like ‘You do you’ and its tribe provide a philosophical scaffolding for our ever-evolving, ever more complicated narcissism” Author Drew Kaplan Date 24 April 2015 You’ve…come across that expression’s siblings, like the defensive, arms-crossed “Haters gonna hate” or the...
Jews “Relieving or at least coming to terms with the civil inequality of the Jews was central to the new meaning of statehood in modernity…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 24 April 2015 Relieving or at least coming to terms with the civil inequality of the Jews...
Jews “…Armenians and Jews have much in common: small nations with long memories of past glory; centuries of living as minorities among Muslims…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 23 April 2015 The accusation of self-hatred has long been used by Jews against other Jews; those...
Culture “Cultural blind spots are the inevitable consequence of transitioning from one culture to another” Author Drew Kaplan Date 23 April 2015 Obituaries are commemorative totems for the natives and educational tools for immigrants. The native...
Semantics “’Do you’ certainly sallies forth from black vernacular, even if the nature of its mundane parts makes its origin Google-proof” Author Drew Kaplan Date 22 April 2015 “Do you” certainly sallies forth from black vernacular, even if the nature of its...