” The end result…is the institutionalizing of ignorance and poverty not out of principle but out of neglect”
This is not about a community’s right to religious freedom. So far, chasidic communities...
“The Shoah, it seems, has come to be read for portents and interpretation as much as for history itself”
The Shoah, it seems, has come to be read for portents and interpretation as...
“Given the muted elegance of the product…it was inevitable that the fashion system should snap up the chambray shirt and recontextualize its appeal”
Given the muted elegance of the product — the delicacy of its drape, the...
“If everyone can do something, it is no longer rare enough to pay for, even if it is vital”
If everyone can do something, it is no longer rare enough to pay for,...
“Israelis who move to the United States tend to be secular and to have little patience with the Israeli rabbinate…”
Israelis who move to the United States tend to be secular and to have...
“As cities move beyond recycling paper and metals, and into glass, food scraps and assorted plastics, the costs rise sharply while the environmental benefits decline and sometimes vanish”
As cities move beyond recycling paper and metals, and into glass, food scraps and...
“What was a cultural monolith fragmented into many niches, and the official language of hose gave way to a Babel of vernacular”
Those people who find hosiery a pain are free to renounce it, while those...
“…remove words in such a manner that no one would notice that anything has been removed”
…remove words in such a manner that no one would notice that anything has...
“With an earful of foam, rush hours become office hours, but quieter still”
To use Mack’s Soft Foam Earplugs, you roll them like boogers between your thumb...
“’Do you know who I am?’ suggests self-preening, a public sort of dismissal”
“Do you know who I am?” suggests self-preening, a public sort of dismissal. It...