First Things senior editor David Goldman explains why high levels of unemployment may last indefinitely : There are several reasons to believe that most of these jobs never will come back. That is a less contentious statement than it might appear, because the jobs lost in the recessions since 1981 . . . . Continue Reading »
Pew Research finds that in some key ways Americans ages 18 to 29 are considerably less religious than older Americans and Fewer young adults belong to any particular faith than older people do today: Indeed, Millennials are significantly more unaffiliated than Generation Xers were at a comparable . . . . Continue Reading »
It’s a bit more complicated, Rusty . On what grounds should we defend Yiddish? I agree that there are excellent reasons, but let us dig into your point a bit more. Why did Jews speak Yiddish in the nineteenth century (when it was generally referred to as “Teutsch”), that is, the . . . . Continue Reading »
When Secretary of State William H. Seward purchased Alaska from the Russian Empire in 1867, the press dubbed the expansionist effort “Seward’s Folly.” Since then the conventional wisdom has been that history vindicated Seward and his $7.2 million investment. But a paper by . . . . Continue Reading »
So we’re at the place where we can say a couple-four things from the existential side of the problem of evil:[1] from the perspective that pain exists, and we perceive it, we as human beings (you could say “people”) have an urge to do something about it when we see it.[2] that urge . . . . Continue Reading »
According to a new report by Gallup , Missipians, Mormons, and African Americans are the most frequent churchgoers in the nation: Well over half of all residents in a number of Southern states and Utah report attending religious services weekly or almost every week, compared to below a third who . . . . Continue Reading »
Tablet Magazine asked me for a profile of Stratfor’s George Friedman, the great impresario of private intelligence; it appears in today’s issue. I haven’t had so much fun, as the Continental Op said, since the hogs ate my kid brother.Here’s the conclusion:Stratfor’s . . . . Continue Reading »
According to the Charlotte Observer , a Duke University study analyzed data from 22,000 online daters and found that when women choose which men to contact there was a correlation between height and income: “[T]he study showed a 5-foot-9-inch man needs to make $30,000 more than a . . . . Continue Reading »
I’m not sure how many version of the best-selling The Five Love Languages Gary Chapman has written. I went to CBD, and here is at least a sampling (I think I caught most of them): The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love . . . . Continue Reading »
I find it odd that Jody and David have missed Ruth Wisse’s rather obvious point about the philosophical importance of Yiddish. Yiddish was the language in which the logically complex, multi-voiced world of the Talmud made its way into Jewish folk wisdom. The ironic and indirect ways of . . . . Continue Reading »
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