“This year, political content has become more popular all across [Facebook]”
This year, political content has become more popular all across the platform: on homegrown...
Author Archives: Drew Kaplan
“It turns developing-world hardship into a prose-ready opportunity for growth, empathy into an extracurricular activity”
…something that has long bothered me and other critics of that process: the persistent...
“One way of getting Jews to be in line with Gentile-approved norms is to invoke the doctrine of חילול השם/’the desecration of God’s name'”
One way of getting Jews to be in line with Gentile-approved norms is to...
“As a religious person, I find the debate over women’s images in publications in itself embarrassing”
…when I am told constantly, that the religious world protects women from being objectified,...
“The chilling effect of such actions, and their negative message, has caused ripples of frustration and anger here and across the Jewish world”
Of course, it is a great responsibility to define who is and who isn’t...
“If you dream of opening a brewery, the best piece of advice that I can give is that nobody cares as much about your business as you do”
If you dream of opening a brewery, the best piece of advice that I...
“Converts who request funding should probably be explicit about the costs and their own contribution to the process”
Some people were bewildered that there was anything other than minor administrative costs associated...
“…the belief now is that systemic racism is a national cancer that was excised long ago…”
It’s not that anyone denies that institutional racism once existed. But the belief now...
“The book elevated beer journalism as a subject…”
Michael Jackson was known as the Bard of Beer for his keen wit and...
“With this new wave of styles containing widely varying flavor profiles, it’s necessary to start using terms to describe the vast world of lost beers simply deemed ‘Sours’ by many”
When describing styles of beer, vital statistics such as final gravity, color, alcohol, and...