University “Teaching it is not a cheap or efficient process” Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 March 2018 The value of universities to a capitalist society depends on their ability to resist...
Beer, Writing “To be effective, critical coverage of “bad” beer needs to be well-considered and constructive…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 March 2018 To be effective, critical coverage of “bad” beer needs to be well-considered and constructive,...
Politics in America, Semantics “When underlying conditions are already suffused with politics, doing nothing can itself constitute a political act” Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 March 2018 Change, of course, is inherently destabilizing. It upsets an existing state of affairs that...
Gender “There have always been troubling issues of gender politics amongst OTD people” Author Drew Kaplan Date 5 March 2018 There have always been troubling issues of gender politics amongst OTD people. OTD men...
Israel, Semantics When Michael Oren shifted the definition of “existential” Author Drew Kaplan Date 5 March 2018 In 2009, Michael B. Oren, soon to become Israel’s ambassador to the United States,...
Semantics “These days, pettiness is openly flaunted by the powerful…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 4 March 2018 These days, pettiness is openly flaunted by the powerful, who are uniquely capable of...
Politics in America, Semantics “Politicization is the last refuge of the scoundrel” Author Drew Kaplan Date 4 March 2018 Politicization is the last refuge of the scoundrel. To “politicize” something — hurricanes, intelligence,...
Social Media, Twitter “The value of sweating the small stuff, it turns out, depends quite a lot on how much power you have to affect the big stuff” Author Drew Kaplan Date 2 March 2018 It would be easy to assume, surveying the national scene, that pettiness is universally...
Food, Purim “…parthenogenetic (self-fertilizing) hamantaschen—pubic triangles traditionally filled with black seeds—are pre-spring, full-moon fertility cookies…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 1 March 2018 So…can I prove that hamantaschen are contemporary sacred vulva cakes? No. But it certainly...