“Language not only captures experience, it conditions it”
Language not only captures experience, it conditions it. It sets expectations for experience and gives shape to it as it happens. What might register as inarticulateness can reflect a different way of understanding and experiencing the world. Alexander Stern, “So, Is That a Thing?”, The New York Times (17 April 2016), SR9.continued…
“Sierra Nevada has never resorted to the practice of contract brewing as Boston Beer utilized upon opening in 1985. Sierra Nevada’s growth in the modern beer market, without utilizing other brewers to produce their beer, a limited marketing budget, and remaining a family owned business since opening nearly 35 years ago is impressive”
While Apple, Starbucks, and Sierra Nevada Brewing have grown into multinational businesses, they desire to cling to their pioneering first days, where they were product driven companies out of necessity. Profit and growth could not be built on inferior products in the industries that these three businesses took part in, Apple built an affordable, user-friendly […]continued…
“Programs for the poor are poor programs. And they are made poorer when they fail, and when they are needed most”
Programs for the poor are poor programs. And they are made poorer when they fail, and when they are needed most. Natural disasters like blizzards, earthquakes, and hurricanes drive reform and the allocation of resources, leading to improvements in public safety. The tragic but ordinary deaths of people in situations in which people are likely […]continued…
“…if the criticisms of Rabbi Gordimer and others were offered on a basis of friendship and common purpose, …”
I have no difficulty if someone wants to criticize, even sharply, Open Orthodox writers, as long as there are no personal attacks. In fact, if the criticisms of Rabbi Gordimer and others were offered on a basis of friendship and common purpose, I can tell you without hesitation that the Open Orthodox writers would be […]continued…
Drake “mines his past, not as a reason to change but as rationalization for his worst behavior”
Starting with the ornate melancholia of “Take Care,” from 2011, Drake elevated the unfurling of one’s imperfections into an art form. It wasn’t just his interest in scrutinizing his own contradictions, by now a trope for any thoughtful rapper. It was the harshness of his raps and the unabashed softness of his singing, the way […]continued…
“A debate over the naming rights for the broader categorization of flavorful beer has raged since the new wave of post-light lager emerged in the early 1980s”
A debate over the naming rights for the broader categorization of flavorful beer has raged since the new wave of post-light lager emerged in the early 1980s. By mid-decade, America hosted a mere handful of brewers, nearly all massive in size. These brewers largely produced a near uniform lager beer, differentiated only by a few […]continued…
“If you want to understand why ‘Netflix and chill’ has replaced dinner and a movie, you need to look at how people work”
If you want to understand why “Netflix and chill” has replaced dinner and a movie, you need to look at how people work. Today, people are constantly told that we must be flexible and adaptable in order to succeed. Is it surprising that these values are reshaping how many of us approach sex and love? […]continued…
“But how can you be a light if almost no one can see you?”
…Orthodox answer is “to keep the commandments.” That suffices, we are reassured, because when Jews do that, Jews will be a light unto the nations. But how can you be a light if almost no one can see you? The most observant Jews are also the most cloistered Jews. How many non-Jews see the Jews […]continued…
“Craft has become a meaningless phrase to which we assign arbitrary, shifting and often no longer relevant characteristics…”
If some viewed microbrew as an outmoded label, few agreed on the proper replacement term. Beer writers, brewers, retailers and the media have spent the better part of two decades arguing over the right label, without agreement. Indie brewers? Craft brewers? Artisanal brewers? Micro brewers? Craft beer has been the most stable selection. It’s a […]continued…
“Dating itself is a recent invention. It developed when young people began moving to cities and women began working outside private homes”
Dating itself is a recent invention. It developed when young people began moving to cities and women began working outside private homes. By 1900, 44 percent of single American women worked. Previously, courtship had taken place under adult supervision, in private places: a parlor, a factory dance or church social. But once women started going […]continued…