“I personally made the mistake of regarding Trump’s candidacy as a stunt, scoffing at the idea that he could be the nominee. Mea culpa”
I personally made the mistake of regarding Trump’s candidacy as a stunt, scoffing at...
Monthly Archives: April 2016
“Cruz has proceeded with several fingers in the wind; every time the conservative mood has shifted even a little, he’s shifted quickly too”
While his fellow Tea Party senators, from Paul to Rubio to Utah’s Mike Lee,...
“The Haggadah is not the story of the exodus from Egypt”
The Haggadah is not the story of the exodus from Egypt. Far from it....
“Whether this king indeed knew nothing of Joseph has long been a matter of some debate”
Before the curse of the mallet and the tyrannical command of the lash, before...
“How come he criticizes Open Orthodox figures for their liberal Zionism, but never says a word of criticism about the anti-Zionism found in Satmar and other haredi groups?”
Rabbi Gordimer gives us a continuing list of controversial statements from people identified with...
“It’s…odd that ‘bro’ has become a culturally white designation”
It’s…odd that “bro” has become a culturally white designation. The word has roots both...
“Cruz is the pinup for pessimistic times”
Cruz is the pinup for pessimistic times. Even John McCain, who once dismissed him...
“Today ’empowerment’ invokes power while signifying the lack of it”
Sneakily, empowerment had turned into a theory that applied to the needy while describing...
“The climate of California made it ready for the growth of craft brewing”
As the first years of craft brewing progressed, there was little reason to think...
“Art is always difficult, but it is especially difficult when it comes to telling other people’s stories”
Are we then to cry “appropriation” whenever a Westerner approaches a non-Western subject? Quite...