America, Races in America “America is living through a moment of racial paradox. Never in its history have black people been more fully represented in the public sphere” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 July 2015 America is living through a moment of racial paradox. Never in its history have...
America “Sensible gun control is always a good idea, but it’s hardly the same as reducing urban blight, improving education, inculcating civic values and instilling hope” Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 July 2015 Let’s face it: It’s a lot easier to scream, “Gun control!” and “Remove the...
America, Races in America “Clearly, racism trumps anti-Semitism in the hearts and minds of most Americans” Author Drew Kaplan Date 4 May 2015 Clearly, racism trumps anti-Semitism in the hearts and minds of most Americans. A casual...
Business, Christianity, Politics in America “…throughout the 1930s and ’40s, corporate leaders marketed a new ideology that combined elements of Christianity with an anti-federal libertarianism” Author Drew Kaplan Date 1 May 2015 …throughout the 1930s and ’40s, corporate leaders marketed a new ideology that combined elements...
America, Jewish “How can we speak of reverence for man and of the belief that all men are created equal without repenting the way we promote the vulgarization of existence?” Author Drew Kaplan Date 15 April 2015 Survival, mere continuation of being, is a condition man has in common with animals....
America “…Americans were told, time and time again, not just that the country should be a Christian nation, but that it always had been one” Author Drew Kaplan Date 27 March 2015 In 1954, Congress added “under God” to the previously secular Pledge of Allegiance. It...
Culture “…recognizing that culture shapes behavior and that moral frameworks matter doesn’t require thundering denunciations of the moral choices of the poor” Author Drew Kaplan Date 24 March 2015 …when you have a cultural earthquake that makes society dramatically more permissive and you...
America “…the founding fathers didn’t create the ceremonies and slogans that come to mind when we consider whether this is a Christian nation” Author Drew Kaplan Date 22 March 2015 For all our talk about separation of church and state, religious language has been...
Israel, Politics in America “…inextricably linked the cause of Zionism to the politics of the conservative right, thereby shifting Zionist discourse towards increasingly extreme ends” Author Drew Kaplan Date 19 March 2015 The abandonment of the two-state formula and the refusal to condemn racist incitement from...
America, Judaism “…the Jewish parent’s Hanukkah-time invitation to share his or her culture comes with the best of intentions” Author Drew Kaplan Date 25 December 2014 …the Jewish parent’s Hanukkah-time invitation to share his or her culture comes with the...