“Every day, Trump wakes up and erodes the dignity of the Presidency a little more”
Trump is hardly the first bad President in American history—he has not had adequate...
Author Archives: Drew Kaplan
“As is often the case with fringe organizations who take on targets with significant more social capital than their own, their campaign is a tapestry of misinformation, disinformation, and a theory of cross-contamination which imagines that decontextualized anecdotal evidence can be most effectively understood, and then constructed into coherence, through the framework of conspiracy theory”
As is often the case with fringe organizations who take on targets with significant...
“Everyone knows that populism has fundamentally altered the rules of Western politics. But no one has deduced what the new rules are”
Everyone knows that populism has fundamentally altered the rules of Western politics. But no...
“Trump began his national ascendancy by hoisting the racist banner of birtherism. Since then, as candidate and as President, he has found countless ways to pollute the national atmosphere”
Trump began his national ascendancy by hoisting the racist banner of birtherism. Since then,...
“The guiding principle in Mr. Trump’s government is to turn the politics of white resentment into the policies of white rage…”
If there is one consistent thread through Mr. Trump’s political career, it is his...
“If healthy relationships…are predicated on answerability, it makes sense that a lack of communication would feel like a breach of trust”
It’s no coincidence that ghosting arose as a collective fascination at a time of...
“For the rabbis, breastfeeding offers a fascinating set of variables for academic investigation”
For the rabbis, breastfeeding offers a fascinating set of variables for academic investigation. First,...
“…when the status of Tisha be-Av is argued frontally and ideologically, the result is friction, dissention, and a status quo stalemate”
…when the status of Tisha be-Av is argued frontally and ideologically, the result is...
“…we should note the tension between these kinnot seminars and the classical image of Tisha be-Av”
The second change relates to the in-synagogue services on Tisha be-Av morning. Traditionally, people...
“…as VHS technology became widely available in the mid-1980s, synagogues started screening ‘Tisha be-Av videos’ throughout the afternoon”
…as VHS technology became widely available in the mid-1980s, synagogues started screening “Tisha be-Av...