Living “For all its influence as a shaper of individual decisions, the greater power of convenience may arise from decisions made in aggregate…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 16 March 2018 For all its influence as a shaper of individual decisions, the greater power of...
Politics in America “Republican voters…were attracted to shallow political entertainers and obviously unqualified candidates long before Mr. Trump threw his hat in the ring” Author Drew Kaplan Date 15 March 2018 For years before Mr. Trump was elected, Republicans lacked a consensus plan to replace...
Scholarship “Unparallel parallels which feed a partisan ego scarcely represent good scholarship…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 15 March 2018 Unparallel parallels which feed a partisan ego scarcely represent good scholarship, whether the dabblers...
Politics in America, Television “The sessions are extraordinary for the rare glimpses they provide of unscripted conversations at the White House on critical issues” Author Drew Kaplan Date 14 March 2018 The chief executive sits at a long wooden table, putting his invited guests on...
Beer “Iron Age sites in Israel have recently produced numerous remains, such as beer jugs and bottles, straw-tip strainers and donut-shaped fermentation stoppers, all of which provide evidence of Israelite beer drinking” Author Drew Kaplan Date 14 March 2018 Iron Age sites in Israel have recently produced numerous remains, such as beer jugs...
Archaeology, Scholarship “…archeologists of late antiquity should not just naively stuff mishnayot in their rucksacks…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 13 March 2018 …archeologists of late antiquity should not just naively stuff mishnayot in their rucksacks to...
Semantics “Owning someone isn’t just about taking his things; it’s about diminishing him as a person” Author Drew Kaplan Date 9 March 2018 “Owned” is borrowed from hacker slang. If you got owned, that meant some hacker...
Politics in America “This fall, the Trump administration found its new favorite non-denial denial” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 March 2018 This fall, the Trump administration found its new favorite non-denial denial. When a reporter...
Rabbinic Literature “Rabbinic and Roman texts create the impression of a clear dichotomy between slaves and free people…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 March 2018 Rabbinic and Roman texts create the impression of a clear dichotomy between slaves and...
Halakhah “In Spanish/Portuguese congregations, hagbah was entrusted only to a select group known as levantadores….” Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 March 2018 The Mishnah Berurah (147:7) cautions that a weak person should never be honored with...