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"How Did You Pull Mom?" and "Why are You So Passionate about Israel?"
1. David regards me with a quizzical eye. “No offense, dad, but how did a guy like you pull a woman like mom?” (I love that Gen Z uses “pull” in this…
May 8
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Not the Same Divestment: South Africa, Israel, and a Simpler Era
Nearly forty years ago, when I was a college freshman at Berkeley, my campus saw its own share of protests and demands for divestment. There were…
May 5
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The Slap, Part Two: Reconsidering Provocations
In my Substack yesterday, I told the story of being verbally abused and then slapped outside of a 7-Eleven. I had worn an IDF (Israel Defense Forces…
May 3
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I Just Got Slapped for my IDF Shirt
An hour ago, I was accosted outside my local 7-Eleven. (For Angelenos, it's the one on 3rd and Gardner, near Pan Pacific Park.) I was wearing my…
May 2
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I Just Got Slapped for my IDF Shirt
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April 2024
Better Endings for Bad Men? Considering Three Recent Novels
An old friend came to visit Los Angeles a few months ago. We had a quick coffee on La Brea, and before he left, I brought him up to see my little studio…
Apr 29
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Better Endings for Bad Men? Considering Three Recent Novels
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Blocking in the Name of Love
An old friend told me today that she “blocks” me from seeing her pro-Palestinian Instagram content. Instagram and Facebook (and perhaps other sites…
Apr 28
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Blocking in the Name of Love
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Did a Ghostwriter Fail Kristi Noem?
Forgive two Substacks in the same day. Several years ago, I posted a snippet of memoir on Medium. Within five minutes, I got a text from a friend I…
Apr 27
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The Pleasure of Outrage
Consider the following Twitter (X) exchange this week: The wag who posted the reply meant it as you would hope: satirically. The comments that followed…
Apr 26
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Pretend Not to Know What You Do, In Fact Know
I was a fairly bright small boy, and sometimes, I felt the overwhelming urge to share with the others the things I knew that I suspected (or hoped) they…
Apr 22
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On Taylor Swift and Taste
The release of a new Taylor Swift record — and she has given us 31 new songs this day — is an occasion for many conversations. One of those is a…
Apr 19
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On Taylor Swift and Taste
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Nuremberg Fantasies
Pretend Nazis in the dock I was twelve when I first saw Judgment at Nuremberg. It ran on television some weekend evening in 1979, and I watched it…
Apr 17
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I Will Never Retire
I will never be able to retire. Several friends and I repeated this observation in a recent discussion. These friends are all Gen Xers, my age or…
Apr 13
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I Will Never Retire
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