Politics in America “…Trump’s answer to a deeply important policy questions is stream-of-consciousness blather…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 23 October 2016 …Trump’s answer to a deeply important policy questions is stream-of-consciousness blather, a nearly indecipherable...
Politics in America “As the debate wore on, Mrs. Clinton kept finding opportunities to make Mr. Trump seem smaller and smaller, or at least more puerile” Author Drew Kaplan Date 23 October 2016 As the debate wore on, Mrs. Clinton kept finding opportunities to make Mr. Trump...
Politics in America “…Trump…has just given the media an excuse to savage him in the days to come” Author Drew Kaplan Date 21 October 2016 The media largely structures its coverage around partisan disagreement. If a candidate’s own party...
Bible, Kohelet “…re’ut is to be understood as a fleeting movement of wind, or air, such as a gust or a breeze” Author Drew Kaplan Date 21 October 2016 …the most common claim is the repeated use of the phrase “hevel and re’ut...
Politics in America “In the third and final presidential debate, Mrs. Clinton outmaneuvered Mr. Trump with a surprising new approach: his.” Author Drew Kaplan Date 21 October 2016 She mansplained him. “Let me translate that if I can,” Hillary Clinton said dryly...
Bible, Kohelet “Kohelet sets out on his inquiry from the perspective of a life replete with fortune and opportunity” Author Drew Kaplan Date 20 October 2016 Kohelet sets out on his inquiry from the perspective of a life replete with...
Bible, Kohelet “The central message of Ecclesiastes may be encapsulated in a single word: Hevel…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 20 October 2016 The central message of Ecclesiastes may be encapsulated in a single word: Hevel, usually...
Bible, Kohelet “A better reading of hevel…takes us back to the root meaning of the word: Vapor or mist” Author Drew Kaplan Date 20 October 2016 A better reading of hevel, then, and one that provides us with an extremely...
Bible, Kohelet “The reading of hevel as “vanity” is not only misleading, but, in some cases, it makes the text impossible to read” Author Drew Kaplan Date 20 October 2016 The reading of hevel as “vanity” is not only misleading, but, in some cases,...
Bible, Kohelet “It is only through the corrected reading of hevel as “transience” rather than “vanity” that we may understand the structure of the book of Ecclesiastes, and thereby learn its message” Author Drew Kaplan Date 20 October 2016 It is only through the corrected reading of hevel as “transience” rather than “vanity”...