Confusion ascendant
Jewish tradition teaches that on this day on the Jewish calendar, Tisha B’Av (the Ninth day of the month of Av), five national calamities occurred:... Read more
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Confusion Dispelled
Originally posted in September 2005. Minor edits made in September 2012. In the spring of 2005, I got a comment on the blog from... Read more
Confusion ascendant
Jewish tradition teaches that on Tisha B’Av (the Ninth day of the month of Av) five national calamities occurred: During the time of Moses, Jews... Read more
Eat your words
Or, rather, someone else — who can really use a meal — will. Originally posted 2007-10-23 00:07:45. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more
Likelihood of extrusion
Reprinting my annual Passover post, updated for modern microblogging sensibilities and adjusted for days of the week as they come out this year: I’ve been... Read more
OFF TOPIC: Hey, wait a minute!
(NB: I blogged this on the conservative political blog Judge and Jewry: Above the Din, which, when it’s not judicial confirmation season, gets a little... Read more
January 28th – DC Seminar on Intellectual Property and Sovereign Immunity
If you’re going to be in or around DC on January 28th, the Federalist Society is hosting this seminar that will examine the Supreme Court’s... Read more
Philosopher Kings, Not
The Atlantic Online features an article by Bejamin Wittes bellyaching about the quality of the U.S. Supreme Court’s rationalization of its all-powerful rule over the... Read more
New Niche for the Numb of New York
Jeff Jarvis reports that a new demographic has been discovered: I had to laugh at this quote from an entertainment exec in Saul Hansell’s NY... Read more
The Vuvuzela: Threat or menace?
Who knew someone would find a way to “school” Americans on annoying noises? There’s lots of stuff I don’t know, believe me. One of them... Read more
To die for
I’ve long been interested in life after digital death. It does seem to have caught on. Patrick Reilly writes: I spent the day at an... Read more
Likelihood of extrusion (Archive post)
Reprinting my annual Passover post. The first seder is tonight, Friday, April 19th. Here’s a nice thought on the topic, apropos for our 24/6 social media lifestyle:... Read more
“Fully cooked,” like so much Boston scrod–here comes Meet the Bloggers VI!
Cribbed entirely from The TTABlog® of Beantown home-boy John “Fully cooked, yes, but still Keeping Tabs on the TTAB®” Welch: Meet the Bloggers VI, the... Read more
How Upworthy Won the Internet
Upworthy has learned, as the infographic below demonstrates, how to work the levers of the Internet — building a brand out of nowhere. Can these... Read more