Jacob Bacharach
The New York Times
Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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Opinion | How the State of the Union Became One of the Weirdest Nights in American Politics
It has all the mystery and half the charm of a slapped-together awards show. → Read More
The Instant Nostalgia of the Televised Campaign
On watching a presidential election through the grainy medium of TV → Read More
'Bernie or bust': Yes, electing Sanders is more important than just defeating Trump
Sanders should capitalize on the fervor of his base, including many young Jewish voters, to win the Democratic nomination, and block an authoritarian racist like Bloomberg. That’s not blackmail, it’s principled, hardball politics → Read More
Trump’s farcical plan for “peace” in the Middle East
Announced last week, the plan wishes Palestinians would disappear. → Read More
I’m mad online and I’m going to keep taking it and not log off ever because I love tweeting
There is a kind of catharsis in getting mad online, but it is a hollow form of release. → Read More
New Year’s in St. Petersburg
Modern Russia is not as unlike America as the Russiagate conspiracists of MSNBC would have you believe. → Read More
What Labour’s loss in the UK election shows Democrats
The Labour party’s defeat in the British election last week does not portend well for the Democratic Party. → Read More
Trump’s Loyal Apprentice in Congress
Matt Gaetz has all the cocksure swagger of a reality television contestant. → Read More
We can solve homelessness if we want to
It is yet another problem that cannot be solved by targeted charity and entrepreneurial initiatives, but that requires collective social action. → Read More
The Boeing 737 Max should stay grounded forever
The disastrous plane is the result of decades of craven business decisions. → Read More
OK President Boomer
Barack Obama seems more concerned with cancel culture than reversing America’s right-wing slide. → Read More
Next year in the diaspora
How can American Jews comport their faith with Israel’s politics? → Read More
The future is four wheels, cyclists be damned
Cars are pushing out bikes and pedestrians to the applause of the influential and powerful. → Read More
We work to maintain the fiction of venture capital
The business press is casually credulous when it comes to reporting on flashy, big-money companies. → Read More
It was never ‘Mueller Time’
Robert Mueller’s Congressional testimony was a dud. But he was not the hero he was made out to be by Democrats. → Read More
We tell ourselves conspiracy theories in order to live
The search for capital-T Truth is a futile but alluring one. → Read More
Traveling is an elitist nightmare
Tourism is increasingly oriented toward and designed for the rich. How do we make it for everyone? → Read More
As Pittsburgh Jews, we will mourn our dead by mobilizing for refugees
Our big, florid president shouted about a 'caravan.' The shooter joined the mob declaring: The Jews are behind it all. To which our answer is: We, as Jews, will welcome every single person seeking safety and opportunity → Read More
A Homeland in America
I am exhausted by Israel. My exhaustion isn’t much compared to the humiliation and oppression of the Palestinians, who have withstood the forced conversion of the occupied West Bank into a skein of Bantustans and of Gaza into an internment camp—or an “open-air prison,” as it is sometimes called, because to call it anything harsher is to invite an apoplectic response, even from those liberal Jews… → Read More
Don’t Count on History to Judge Wisely
The Supreme Court's rulings on Tuesday aren't certain to be condemned by future generations. → Read More