The Kinks had a great song, "I wish I could be like David Watts!" It…

I’m running to the city. But: check this out. Yes, it’s antisemitic. But. The politics…

I took Lizzy Ratner’s recent blog, In the beloved Old Country, a Jew has visions…

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Last month I visited the Old Country for the first time. Poland. Land of my…

Near where I live, there’s a roadhouse where the restaurants always fold after two years.…

Weird that the NY Times does a long piece from Moscow about a 400-acre outdoor…

The other day I posted playwright David Zellnik’s take on Theodor Herzl. Here’s my response: Let’s start with our absolute agreement: Theodor Herzl is one of the greatest figures in Jewish history. It staggers both of us that your play…

After Jonah Goldberg teed the story up, Michael Gerson nails it in the Washington Post today (What in hell am I doing in bed with these guys? I don’t know, I just like it, they’re not scrawny like my usual…

The Senate Judiciary Committee is charged with the serious ruling-class responsibility — or masquerade as it turns out– of vetting Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court. Given the supremacy of the Democratic Party these days, there are 12 Democrats and…