Politics in America, Semantics “Then politicians adopted “gotcha” and (being politicians) promptly stripped it of its fun. It became a marker of grievance, umbrage and exasperation” Author Drew Kaplan Date 9 August 2015 “Gotcha” — the collapsed form of “got you” — first appeared as a random...
Politics in America “When politicians suggest that happiness be made the ultimate aim for society we should remember that they are probably not talking about happiness at all” Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 August 2015 When politicians suggest that happiness be made the ultimate aim for society we should...
Business, Politics in America “Regulating Wall Street is an Old Testament sort of affair: Like Leviticus, it is all about the persnickety details” Author Drew Kaplan Date 4 August 2015 Regulating Wall Street is an Old Testament sort of affair: Like Leviticus, it is...
Politics in America “It would not be quite right to say that Magna Carta has withstood the ravages of time” Author Drew Kaplan Date 29 July 2015 It would not be quite right to say that Magna Carta has withstood the...
Politics in America “Magna Carta’s unusual legacy in the United States is a matter of political history” Author Drew Kaplan Date 23 July 2015 Magna Carta’s unusual legacy in the United States is a matter of political history....
Politics in America, Semantics “…’folks’ serves as a softener of rhetorical edges. It suggests a mode of kinship and self-conscious informality that politicians increasingly default to, perhaps as an overcorrective to the inflated wealth of those same politicians” Author Drew Kaplan Date 3 July 2015 …“folks” serves as a softener of rhetorical edges. It suggests a mode of kinship...
Israel, Politics in America “The president’s views on Israel were forged during his time in Chicago, when he became friendly with a group of prominent Jewish Democrats…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 4 June 2015 The president’s views on Israel were forged during his time in Chicago, when he...
Israel, Jewish, Jewish Community, Jews in America “…American Judaism seemed to be emerging from its hyper-political phase, the post-Holocaust, post-1967 era…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 2 March 2015 The mini (and short lived) spiritual explosion… took place in the 90’s, the era...
Jews in America, Rabbis “…this is what it’s come to. Rabbis today in America have to be proficient in the language of Iranian sanctions…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 11 February 2015 Not long ago, I was sitting with a group of fellow rabbis when the...
Christianity, Politics in America “American Christianity is generally not a religion of scholarship. It’s a religion of feeling and emotion” Author Drew Kaplan Date 11 January 2015 Many Christians don’t know the Bible, nor do they care to know the Bible....