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Aaron Zinger

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Even Wilson Nods

Emily Wilson wrote a brilliant modern translation of The Odyssey. My credentials as a classicist are that I’ve played both Hades and Hades 2. So I’ve been reluctant to join the discourse around her brutal review of the 2026 film I loved. In...

6 days ago
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The Drumlin Effect

“My rabbi told our congregation that he had a vision and saw that your rabbi had died. I’m so sorry for your loss.”

“Huh? My rabbi’s perfectly fine! I just saw him!”

“Oh, okay, that’s a relief.”

“This sounds like it’s going...

15 days ago
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Bad Reasons to Oppose Something

I was recently reminded about the ongoing Golden Rice tragedy, and that I had an old draft article that I think was meant to be secretly about it. Golden Rice is rice that’s been genetically modified to be higher in beta-carotene. Our bodie...

24 days ago
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No One Promised Us Anything

I think, as a kid, I took it for granted that Judaism was about a Book. It just felt inherently right to have a community and practice centered on a great text. It’s one of the very few things I didn’t really question.

So there was some pr...

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Nolan's Odyssey

This is a review-ish of The Odyssey (2026). As such, it may spoil aspects of the adaptation that were meant to be surprising.

1. Cunning Odysseus

Nolan’s Odysseus is wilier than Homer’s. I’ve seen quite a few reviews that get this b...

2 months ago
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