Movies, Star Wars “Projects once thought impossible became possible—and, for Lucas, that meant his long-imagined but never-realized Star Wars prequels” Author Drew Kaplan Date 10 August 2015 “It was like a giant switch was thrown overnight,” Ed Catmull says about Jurassic...
Rabbis “…an admission of struggle by a respected Torah personality would actually be a validating and strengthening posture” Author Drew Kaplan Date 10 August 2015 Rabbis and educators are rightly fearful of raising difficult theological, scientific or philosophical questions....
Politics in America, Semantics “Then politicians adopted “gotcha” and (being politicians) promptly stripped it of its fun. It became a marker of grievance, umbrage and exasperation” Author Drew Kaplan Date 9 August 2015 “Gotcha” — the collapsed form of “got you” — first appeared as a random...
Mail “We place considerable value on messages that are addressed to us personally, and we are good at distinguishing between messages meant for us individually…and those meant for people like us…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 9 August 2015 We place considerable value on messages that are addressed to us personally, and we...
Politics in America “When politicians suggest that happiness be made the ultimate aim for society we should remember that they are probably not talking about happiness at all” Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 August 2015 When politicians suggest that happiness be made the ultimate aim for society we should...
Business “Generally speaking, businesses earn profits in one of two basic ways…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 August 2015 Generally speaking, businesses earn profits in one of two basic ways. The first is...
Radio “A cynical but not inaccurate way of thinking about radio formats is as a tool to segment the population for advertisers” Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 August 2015 A cynical but not inaccurate way of thinking about radio formats is as a...
Uncategorized “The debate between Abbaye and Rava in b. Ber. 29a about the way to interpret the tradition regarding the ruler Yohanan the High Priest who departed from the truth and became a heretic late in life should be another reminder of how little was known about the identity of disputants in later eras” Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 August 2015 The debate between Abbaye and Rava in b. Ber. 29a about the way to...
Internet, Newspapers “The old bargain of the newspaper-world news lumped in with horoscopes and ads from the pizza parlor has now ended” Author Drew Kaplan Date 5 August 2015 What holds a newspaper together is primarily the cost of paper, ink, and distribution;...
Talmud “…very specific material conditions can act in concert with more universal norms to create distinct family structures” Author Drew Kaplan Date 5 August 2015 It is interesting to note that very specific material conditions can act in concert...