Economy “Four key forces have been shaping the rise and fall of nations since the 2008 financial crisis, and none of them bode well for China” Author Drew Kaplan Date 12 July 2016 Four key forces have been shaping the rise and fall of nations since the...
Marriage “…I don’t think that the reasons offered by medieval authorities operating in a completely different environment can determine what modern women will regard as “deal-breakers” when it comes to marriage” Author Drew Kaplan Date 11 July 2016 Since people’s psychology has changed over the centuries, I don’t think that the reasons...
Scholarship “To my mind, we encounter in Josephus not precision but pretension” Author Drew Kaplan Date 11 July 2016 I have to state that my studies in Philo lead me to regard him...
Pop Culture “The survivor — or pop culture’s fantasy of her — now cuts a distinctive silhouette: She’s damaged, but never so much as to be a figure of pity or revulsion; her wound makes her interesting, even alluring” Author Drew Kaplan Date 10 July 2016 The survivor — or pop culture’s fantasy of her — now cuts a distinctive...
European Union “Leaving the euro isn’t the same as leaving the European Union, but the differences are too technical for many people to parse. That’s the problem” Author Drew Kaplan Date 10 July 2016 Leaving the euro isn’t the same as leaving the European Union, but the differences...
Clothing “Where the basic hoodie means to defend against the elements, the protest hoodie seeks to offend the right people” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 July 2016 Where the basic hoodie means to defend against the elements, the protest hoodie seeks...
Science “…as a social activity, science is vulnerable to all the comedy inherent in any social activity: group thinking, self-pleasing, and running down the competition in order to get the customer’s (or, in this case, the government’s) cash” Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 July 2016 What makes science science? The pious answers are: its ceaseless curiosity in the face...
Hillel, University “There is too much political anger on university campuses today, too little robust debate, too much suppression of robust debate about Israel, too much degrading of First Amendment principles and too much latent and overt anti-Semitism” Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 July 2016 There is too much political anger on university campuses today, too little robust debate,...
Politics in America “…surprising thing is that you might expect loss-averse voters to be leery of taking a risk on an unpredictable outsider like Trump, since loss aversion often makes people cautious…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 July 2016 …surprising thing is that you might expect loss-averse voters to be leery of taking...
Hip-Hop, Music “Drake understands how people live with music, how it helps us get through life, whether it’s a breakup, a court date, or an unusually long jog” Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 July 2016 For Drake, redemption lies in his city and in his past, as well as...