Politics in America “Some of the draw of Donald Trump for white working-class male voters, for example, is that he does not speak in a culture of critical discourse” Author Drew Kaplan Date 24 June 2016 It is probably right that something like a culture of critical discourse can be...
Semantics “The vogue for ‘smart’ traces at least as far back as the ‘smart bomb,’ precision-guided munitions made to be more accurate than the dumb bombs of wars past…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 23 June 2016 The vogue for “smart” traces at least as far back as the “smart bomb,”...
Jewish Community, Jews in America, Modern Orthodoxy “A new infusion of an invigorated Modern Orthodoxy that meets the best intellectual, moral and spiritual standards of postmodern culture is a critical ingredient for the strengthening of the center of affiliated Jewry” Author Drew Kaplan Date 23 June 2016 Modern Orthodox professionals have played a key role in the revitalization of American Jewry...
Science “One way or another, science really happens” Author Drew Kaplan Date 22 June 2016 There has been much talk in the pop-sci world of “memes”—ideas that somehow manage...
Courtship/Dating “We use this kind of language because the ways that people date…have always been tied to the economy” Author Drew Kaplan Date 22 June 2016 We constantly use economic metaphors to describe romantic and sexual relations. Few people today...
Jewish Community “The problem with simcha videos is not tedium but messaging” Author Drew Kaplan Date 21 June 2016 It is basically the narration of the child’s life as a toddler, kindergartener, elementary...
Semantics “‘A thing’…corresponds to a real need we have, to catalog and group together the items of cultural experience, while keeping them at a sufficient distance…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 21 June 2016 Clearly, cultural phenomena have long existed and been called “fads,” “trends,” “rages” or have...
Politics in America “The irrelevance of facts is part of what observers mean when they say that the normal rules of politics don’t apply to Trump” Author Drew Kaplan Date 20 June 2016 The irrelevance of facts is part of what observers mean when they say that...
Politics in America “Trump is playing to one of the most powerful emotions in our economic life—what behavioral economists call loss aversion” Author Drew Kaplan Date 20 June 2016 Trump is playing to one of the most powerful emotions in our economic life—what...
Semantics, Sexual Assault/Rape “The preference for ‘survivor’ over ‘victim’ is a shift in language that is as much ideological as linguistic” Author Drew Kaplan Date 19 June 2016 The preference for “survivor” over “victim” is a shift in language that is as...