The Yale 250 I didn’t submit
Wordpress does not share a tremendous amount of statistical information about who reads this blog and what they do on the site; ‘page views’ is a pretty rough metric to gauge a given post’s readership. But one useful piece of information Wordpress does…
Where I’m going to Law School – and a few words on how I made my decision
I’ll be honest: at the time, I did not give the school much thought. In my mind, there was not a great deal of doubt about where I would be come Fall. You see, I had already…
My least-favorite thing about Walk Score is also my favorite thing about New York City
Now here’s the thing about Walk Score: it’s good at what it does, which is measure how long it takes you to walk to useful places from a given location. But just because a place can be walked doesn’t mean doing so makes for a pleasant experience…
King of Primary Rock
Mitt Romney visits the New York World’s Fair with Papa George, May 1964: Seems Barack Obama isn’t the only candidate from Kenya.
Whoever named Washington should be shot
My, my. That certainly is a lovely piece of… art? – but why am I sharing it with you? Good question. We’ll get to that. But first, please excuse a brief digression:
You’ll never again look at WET PAINT in quite the same way
Yeah yeah yeah:
Brief follow-up to yesterday’s post on Ethiopian Jewry
Regarding Pfeffer’s claim in the Haaretz article I cited yesterday: There are different theories and opinions regarding the actual historical connection of the Beta Israel to the Jewish people. From what I have read and seen, I think this was tenuous at best. After covering this issue closely, I don’t think the Falashmura still in … Read more
I’m basically the Invisible Man
In 2008, I ‘ran’ for a position on the inaugural OCP Advisory Board. The process involved sending an email to a few friends and asking them to nominate me. My email began as follows: As the only radical environmentalist Orthodox Jew from Seattle who loves The Office and really likes orange on campus, I sometimes feel like … Read more
Of Mad and Men
I love Mad Men. I love coincidences. What could be better than the two coinciding? The two coinciding twice! I’ll start with the more recent: ♦ Yesterday, I had a conversation with [redacted] concerning the show’s March 25 return. [Redacted] was surprised I knew of it, since the announcement was made on January 11 (when … Read more
A reminder that, more often than not, journalists don’t really know what they’re talking about: Passover edition
I write this post from the comfort of a Philadelphia-to-New York BoltBus (on which I have successfully achieved the holy trinity: a working plug, wifi, and empty seats on every side*). That means my short time at Penn has officially drawn to a close – but not before I had the opportunity to enjoy one … Read more
