“To be effective, critical coverage of “bad” beer needs to be well-considered and constructive…”
To be effective, critical coverage of “bad” beer needs to be well-considered and constructive,...
“When underlying conditions are already suffused with politics, doing nothing can itself constitute a political act”
Change, of course, is inherently destabilizing. It upsets an existing state of affairs that...
“There have always been troubling issues of gender politics amongst OTD people”
There have always been troubling issues of gender politics amongst OTD people. OTD men...
When Michael Oren shifted the definition of “existential”
In 2009, Michael B. Oren, soon to become Israel’s ambassador to the United States,...
“These days, pettiness is openly flaunted by the powerful…”
These days, pettiness is openly flaunted by the powerful, who are uniquely capable of...
“Politicization is the last refuge of the scoundrel”
Politicization is the last refuge of the scoundrel. To “politicize” something — hurricanes, intelligence,...
“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”
It would be easy to assume, surveying the national scene, that pettiness is universally...
“…parthenogenetic (self-fertilizing) hamantaschen—pubic triangles traditionally filled with black seeds—are pre-spring, full-moon fertility cookies…”
So…can I prove that hamantaschen are contemporary sacred vulva cakes? No. But it certainly...
“The overpriced balloon of the Modern Orthodox experience rests on three core flaws”
The overpriced balloon of the Modern Orthodox experience rests on three core flaws: Jewish...
“Women who criticize other women for dressing hot are seen as criticizing women themselves…”
It’s not good manners for women to tell other women how to dress; that’s...