Economy “The present moment…is the most productive in the nation’s history” Author Drew Kaplan Date 31 October 2016 Manufacturing retains its powerful hold on the American imagination for good reason. In the...
Internet, Lubavicher Hasidim “…the most modern technology is providing outreach to people in search of an older, traditional lifestyle” Author Drew Kaplan Date 31 October 2016 The use of the internet by orthodox groups also suggests a paradox: the most...
Work “Continuous improvement is of no use if you’re not improving the right things” Author Drew Kaplan Date 30 October 2016 Customer service seems worse than it once was. Most companies underinvest in it, because...
Politics in America “A good number of voters seem to have decided that the choice this year is between two candidates they don’t like” Author Drew Kaplan Date 30 October 2016 A good number of voters seem to have decided that the choice this year...
Hip-Hop “Kanye’s career-long fixation on his own contradictions eventually consolidated into an aesthetic…who wallow in soft self-loathing and explain away their loutish behavior as the result of melancholy and bruised ego” Author Drew Kaplan Date 28 October 2016 His career-long fixation on his own contradictions eventually consolidated into an aesthetic, one that...
Politics in America “…before 1968, primaries hardly mattered; since 1968, the Conventions have hardly mattered” Author Drew Kaplan Date 28 October 2016 The protests at the Democratic Convention in Chicago in 1968 resulted in a change...
Beer “Oxidation flavors in finished beer are the product of the combined effect of dissolved oxygen, time, and temperature” Author Drew Kaplan Date 27 October 2016 Oxidation flavors in finished beer are the product of the combined effect of [dissolved...
Prayer “…the meaning of התפלל is to make oneself the object of God’s פלל (assessment, intervention, or judging)” Author Drew Kaplan Date 27 October 2016 Most likely, the hitpael form in the case of התפלל is doing the same...
Haredim/Haredi-ism “…degrading one’s ideological opponents despite their great Torah knowledge…stands at the root of all the terrible disputes in the haredi world” Author Drew Kaplan Date 26 October 2016 A basic feature of “official” haredism, especially in Israel, is the attitude that even...
America “The manufacturing boom of the postwar years was an oddity, and there will be no repeat of the concatenation that made it happen…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 26 October 2016 The manufacturing boom of the postwar years was an oddity, and there will be...