Politics in America “What a dangerous distraction the Iowa spectacle has been from the dysfunction and unfairness of democracy as we now know it” Author Drew Kaplan Date 9 February 2016 If we’re lucky, the day will come when we look back at the Iowa...
Modern Orthodoxy, Open Orthodoxy “Gordimer’s tactics do achieve one purpose; they squelch free and open debate” Author Drew Kaplan Date 9 February 2016 Gordimer’s tactics do achieve one purpose; they squelch free and open debate. It’s always...
Jews in America “In congratulating ourselves on our past, we neglect the work that must be done in the present” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 February 2016 …I wonder whether we’re running the grave risk of turning Heschel into an American-Jewish...
Israel, Wine “Israeli wines need to break out of the kosher market for the long-term health of the industry…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 February 2016 Israeli wines need to break out of the kosher market for the long-term health...
America, Beer “What the craft brewing industry has done for beer consumption in America goes beyond expanding product differentiation” Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 February 2016 What the craft brewing industry has done for beer consumption in America goes beyond...
Advertising, Beer “…Anheuser-Busch InBev lampoons the craft beer consumer by asserting that their product is meant to be quaffed with little thought of how it is made…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 February 2016 …in this commercial, Anheuser-Busch InBev lampoons the craft beer consumer by asserting that their...
America “The paradox of Prohibition was that it required intrusive enforcement from a government equipped to deliver only sporadic interventions…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 5 February 2016 The paradox of Prohibition was that it required intrusive enforcement from a government equipped...
Beer, California “A relic of post-Prohibition law was defeated in the Legislative chamber, providing an encouraging nod to the nation’s homebrewers” Author Drew Kaplan Date 4 February 2016 In 1979, any fears that…homebrewers may have had about legal ramifications were quelled when...
Uncategorized “…if we don’t offer common language with people with whom they deeply disagree as an ideal, we condemn ourselves to an even longer and bloodier war” Author Drew Kaplan Date 4 February 2016 We have to fight to the end the deadly fanaticisms that threaten to destroy...
Sex “All previous generations of human beings of which we are aware knew that male sexual nature is predatory” Author Drew Kaplan Date 3 February 2016 All previous generations of human beings of which we are aware knew that male...