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Feb 11, 2026, 5:06 AM

The power of one

At the base of all computers is a binary numbering system in which every letter and number is represented as a unique series consisting of only two characters: 0 and 1. In computer algorithms, 0 and 1 are typically...

Feb 3, 2026, 5:17 PM

Billie Eilish’s Attempt to Appropriate Jubilee: Her Slogan Meets Torah Wisdom

To me, Billie Eilish's Grammy speech line, "No one is illegal on stolen land," strikes me as profoundly reductive. It turns centuries of complex human history into a simple moral binary of victims and thieves. The phrase ignores the...

Nov 9, 2025, 4:46 AM

Horses of Central Park, Human Bias, and Broken Thinking

On a sunny afternoon, Spirit collapses on a Manhattan street. Within hours, the internet had judged, convicted, and executed the presumed guilty. For years, activists and city officials have debated whether to ban horse-drawn carriages from Central Park — a...

May 28, 2024, 8:20 PM

Grigory Pomerants and self-destructive zealotry

In times of geopolitical crisis there is a temptation to fall into the trap of zealotry which, I argue, is inherently self-destructive. Zeal is commonly defined as great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause. In an increasingly polarized...

Feb 15, 2023, 9:35 PM

No More Binary Language

No picture today. Readers are invited to use their imagination. A recent item in The Telegraph tells us that we should phase out binary language. The words “male” and “female” are problematic because they reinforce ideas that sex is binary....

Jan 20, 2023, 7:25 PM

The Perfect Dinner Companion

Whom would you rather have round to dinner, an idealist radiating purity and hope, or a narcissist wallowing in self-importance and tales of personal glory? "Neither", I hear you groan impatiently. But wait. Life is about making choices, and...

Richard Kronenfeld

Nov 23, 2022, 11:26 PM

Have your language spayed or neutered

Longtime viewers of the classic CBS game show “The Price is Right” undoubtedly remember iconic host Bob Barker’s closing admonition to “have your pets spayed or neutered” to curb the animal population. These days, radical environmentalists feel the same...

Nov 11, 2022, 2:15 PM

Belief in the Messiah: Religion, Politics or Mental Health Problem

Context is important. In this day and age, the solitary, unkempt figure who wanders the streets with a gleam in his eye, telling passers-by that he is the Messiah and has been sent by the Lord to save them...

Daniel Rosehill

Nov 1, 2020, 6:51 PM

My Thoughts On Simona Weinglass’s ORM Exposé

Today, this website published another excellent TOI Investigates piece from Simona Weinglass. For those unaware, Simona Weinglass is the same reporter who penned the epic ‘Wolves of Tel Aviv’ exposé that essentially kickstarted the slow and ongoing meltdown of the...

Joseph C. Kaplan

Jul 23, 2020, 10:15 PM

Or Prohibiting the Free Exercise Thereof

The Supreme Court recently issued three eagerly awaited end-of-term decisions concerning important church-state issues: state aid to religious schools (Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue); the meaning of the “ministerial exemption” in employment discrimination cases (Our Lady of Guadalupe...

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