Containing posts discussing unfolding or current events, attempting to analyze or contextualize modern times.
An Education for Empire: The Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Ford Foundations in the Construction of Knowledge I just finished this excerpt from the Canadian “independent researcher” Andrew Gavin Marshall concerning the […]
This post is a (lengthy) excerpt from a letter I wrote to a good friend summarizing some of my impressions of the poverty of India and reflecting on the work […]
I was involved in an… altercation a few nights ago. Well… altercation might be overly dramatic a word. But words were crossed in public, and I found myself struggling with […]
A week ago, I had never heard of Aaron Swartz. Today, I can’t stop thinking about him. A boy genius who would become a practical idealist. A man of profound […]
I was looking through my drafts and found this little gem, dated back to February 28, 2012. Not sure why it wasn’t properly published… if I had to guess I’d […]
The following is an article I wrote for an alumni newsletter for “Ask Big Questions,” a Jewish student initiative I used to be a part of. In it I try […]
Imagine this: You’re a young soldier, six months out of your parent’s house, the only home you’ve ever known. You’re not a zealous patriot, but an 18-year-old-boy. You’re not hungry […]
I had dinner with my host family for the first time tonight. For context, most Ulpanists, if they so desire, can ask to be “adopted” by a host family, a […]
