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Review: Marantz’s Anti-Social
Anti-Social: Online Extremists, Techno-Utopians and the Hijacking of the American Conversation Andrew Marantz Antisocial is an extension of the reporting Marantz did for the New Yorker, both before and after the election on the rise of clickbait websites and alt-right trolls. Some of this will be familiar ground to those who read the earlier articles,…
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The Boston Qualifier Questionnaire — Danny Horgan
Name: Danny Horgan Sex: Male Age (at the time of first BQ): 29 Height (at the time of first BQ): 6’1 Weight (at the time of first BQ): 150 At which marathon did you get your first BQ? Bay State Marathon Tell us a little about the race. The conditions were great — a little…
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Five Thoughts on Giving a D’var Torah
So this weekend I was lucky enough to give a D’var Torah at Altshul, where my family are members. You can read it for yourself here. It was a challenging and ultimately wonderful experience. Here’s five thoughts on it. Say yes. When it was suggested that I could do a D’var, I was apprehensive. I…
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Some Thoughts on Vaera and the First Four Plagues
This is a text of a d’var Torah I gave at Altshul on January 25, 2020 First, I want to say that I am so glad my family joined altshul a year and a half ago. The generosity and kindness of this community is amazing. I feel lucky to be a part of…
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The Boston Qualifier Questionnaire — Josh Falk
Name: Josh Falk Sex: Male Age (at the time of first BQ): 27 Height (at the time of first BQ): 6′ Weight (at the time of first BQ): 162 At which marathon did you get your first BQ? Chicago Marathon Tell us a little about the race. Didn’t feel too much until mile 23 –…
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Your Occasional Stoic — Go On, Go On!
Go on, go on, my soul, to affront and dishonor yourself! The time that remains to honor yourself will not be long. Short is the life of every man; and yours is almost spent; spent, not honoring yourself, but seeking the happiness in the souls of other men. Meditations 2:6 Maybe the best, most succinct…
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Your Occasional Stoic — Unaffected dignity and Kindness
Hourly and earnestly strive, as a Roman and a man, to do what falls to your hand with perfect unaffected dignity, with kindliness, freedom and justice, and free your soul from every other imagination. This you will accomplish if you perform each action as if it were your last, without willfulness, or any passionate aversion…
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The Boston Qualifier Questionnaire — Bernard Whitmore
This is a really cool one. At sixty years old, with sixty thousand miles in his legs, Bernard finally ran Boston… Name: Bernard Whitmore Sex: Male Age (at the time of first BQ): 60 Height (at the time of first BQ): 5′ 10″ Weight (at the time of first BQ): 142 At which marathon did…
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The Boston Qualifier Questionnaire –SMQ
Name: SMQ Sex: Male Age (at the time of first BQ): 29 Height (at the time of first BQ): 5.7 Weight (at the time of first BQ): 158 At which marathon did you get your first BQ? Toronto Marathon Tell us a little about the race. I had tried and failed a few times. I…
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The Boston Qualifier Questionnaire –Monica
Name: Monica Sex: Female Age (at the time of first BQ): 43 (to run Boston at age 45) Height (at the time of first BQ): 5’3” Weight (at the time of first BQ): 125 At which marathon did you get your first BQ? Columbus Tell us a little about the race. The Columbus Marathon in…
Milo and the Calf 