Semantics “…sometimes medicine’s interventions are unwelcome or go overboard, and nature’s way of doing things can serve as a useful corrective” Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 June 2015 In the case of “natural immunity,” the modifier implies the absence of human intervention,...
Money “Pressed to an extreme, inequities, both visible and symbolic, become a source of social outrage even if they are no worse than older inequities” Author Drew Kaplan Date 5 June 2015 Pressed to an extreme, inequities, both visible and symbolic, become a source of social...
America “…modern secular humanism is…a species of 21st-century liberalism, and many of its adherents have absorbed the modern liberal tendency to shy away from ideology in favor of a message of nonjudgmental inclusion” Author Drew Kaplan Date 5 June 2015 Atheism, like any ideological position, has political and moral consequences. As nonbelievers become a...
Israel, Politics in America “The president’s views on Israel were forged during his time in Chicago, when he became friendly with a group of prominent Jewish Democrats…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 4 June 2015 The president’s views on Israel were forged during his time in Chicago, when he...
Marriage, Semantics “Tradition changes over time and from culture to culture, and so commands a fraction of the authority of nature…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 3 June 2015 When marriage or certain sexual practices are described as “natural,” the word is being...
Jewish “Jewish history has taught us all too well that when your enemy publicly states his intention to destroy you, take him seriously” Author Drew Kaplan Date 3 June 2015 Jewish history has taught us all too well that when your enemy publicly states...
Politics in America “Now, both Mrs. Clinton and the news media have changed. She seems less a presidential candidate than a historical figure…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 2 June 2015 Mrs. Clinton’s relationship with the political press has never been warm. She started the...
Talmud “Through the power of interpretation, the Jews were able to free themselves from the laws of the Torah…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 2 June 2015 Through the power of interpretation, the Jews were able to free themselves from the...
College Football, Sports “Certainly, the issues Byers laid out continue to stare the N.C.A.A. in the face, even as men’s basketball and football prosper” Author Drew Kaplan Date 1 June 2015 As the architect of the modern N.C.A.A., Byers became stuck in the contradictions...
Talmud The meaning of Mishnah Author Drew Kaplan Date 1 June 2015 The Hebrew word shanah ‘to repeat’ in its technical sense means to learn (e.g....