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The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, an umbrella group representing (as the name implies) many of the most s...

A recent news story reports on two Minnesota high school students who released a TikTok video titled "Me and the boys on the way to cam...

Liberal challenger Jill Karofsky ousted conservative incumbent Justice Daniel Kelly , slicing the right-wing majority on the court to a 4-3 ...

The vast majority of Bernie Sanders primary voters intend to vote for Joe Biden in the general . Indeed, it isn't even all that begrudgi...

Bernie Sanders has dropped out of the 2020 presidential race . There are half a million commentators on this, covering every possible nich...

The UK Labour Party has chosen its next leader to replace Jeremy Corbyn. Sir Keir Starmer won decisively in the first round of balloting , b...

Many of you are familiar with the saying "If you're one in a million, there are a thousand people just like you in China alone....

For your pleasure, a tiny example of academic absurdity I encountered today. As many of you know, I'm completing my Ph.D in the UC-Be...

Apropos of current events , I thought I might share my three encounters with Richard Epstein. Normally, I'd say "interactions...

Look, we're all bored here, so let's award the best Epic Rap Battles of History for each season. Season One Winner: Albert Eins...

While I'm dubious that there are actually large numbers of people who will consciously avoid Corona beer because of coronavirus, I still...

In the United Kingdom, Jews represent approximately .3% of the population. They also currently comprise nearly 5% of all coronavirus deaths ...

The World Zionist Congress results are in, and they're ... bad . No way around it -- it's just a catastrophe all around . I was su...

In the space of about a week, Bernie Sanders went from likely Democratic nominee to virtually dead in the water. How did it all go wrong? Th...

Much of the Bay Area, including Berkeley, is under "shelter-in-place" guidelines at least through early April.  It's basically...

This is a YouTube series -- several of them, actually -- featuring marbles racing against each other in a variety of competitive events. Th...

If there's one thing I do a lot  of, it's binge-watch television. And that is a skill that is suddenly in high demand, as we all hun...

Born in 1907, Isaac Deutscher was one of the more prominent Jewish Marxist intellectuals of the 20th Century. Prior to World War II, his com...

During the course of the Obama administration, I knew some folks who had previously identified as committed Democrats who hated  Barack Obam...

Chris Koski makes an important point regarding one talking point aimed at dismissing Biden's Super Tuesday performance: that it's m...