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Thursday, September 23, 2021

Too Big To Fail (at a Coup)

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Tell me where Adam Serwer is wrong here: Those who attempted to subvert democracy have faced few political or legal consequences. As is typ...

#TeamVaccineNanoBot

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As of today, approximately two-thirds of Americans have received at least one COVID vaccine shot . I am, of course, one of them (fully vacci...
Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Breaking: UC-Berkeley Students Protest Against Allowing Israeli Politician To Speak on Campus

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A petition -- launched by a UC-Berkeley student organization, and now with ~8000 signatures -- demands that the UC-Berkeley admin "take...
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Friday, September 17, 2021

Bye Bye Nine Nine

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*Spoilers* Brooklyn Nine Nine had its series finale today. Jill and I have watched the show from the beginning -- we were hooked from the fi...
Tuesday, September 14, 2021

On a Certain Genre of Journalism-Apologia from Tablet to the Nation

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Yesterday, YIVO held a panel on "The Jewish press today" , featuring top editors from the Forward , JTA , and Tablet Magazine . In...

What To Make of Mean Progressive Bosses

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Buzzfeed has a story about  House Progressive Caucus chair Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA)'s alleged terrible treatment of her staff . It re...
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Sunday, September 12, 2021

Going Local: My Op/ed on Vaccine Mandates and the Portland Police

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Since I'm now an official Portland resident, I decided to write an op/ed for my local paper, The Oregonian: "Portland Police Should...
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Saturday, September 11, 2021

The End of "Shared" "Sacrifice"

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My 9/11 story is not particularly special. I was in high school when the news reached us that a plane had hit the World Trade Center. Initia...
Thursday, September 09, 2021

How California's Jewish Community Sealed Its Win in the Battle Over the State's Ethnic Studies Program

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The California legislature has passed AB 101,  a law mandating ethnic studies instruction for all high school graduates starting in 2030 . T...