Daniel Ross Goodman
@DanRossGoodman
Faculty member @StJohnsU; past @HarvardDivinity postdoctoral fellow; @dcexaminer contributing writer; past @weeklystandard; author of "Soloveitchik's Children"
Delighted to announce the publication of my first book on Jewish theology, SOLOVEITCHIK'S CHILDREN! Thank you @UnivofALPress!!
Congrats to @DanRossGoodman for his new book, 'Soloveitchik's Children', being crowned Amazon's #1 New Release in Judaism! Pick up your copy now. uapress.ua.edu/9780817360924/… #Judaism #OrthodoxJudaism #Jewish #BooksWorthReading
“A major political candidate who plainly refuses to condemn the phrase ‘globalize the intifada’ isn’t participating in legitimate democratic debate; he is giving moral comfort to people who deliberately murder innocent Jews.” nytimes.com/2025/07/01/opi…
A worthwhile endeavor, from the @athenaeumbc:
Does anyone want to join a digital book club dedicated to studying the great texts of Western Civilization? Right now, we are working through Homer's Iliad. We live in a time of noise, speed, and amnesia. Few remember where we came from, and fewer still care to ask. But…
I want more kids to know the experience of seeing the Lord of the Rings movies, then reading the books, then falling headlong into an all-consuming obsession with Arthurian legend, English landscape & folklore, old poems that ring out in the mind like an ancient incantation.
As @TeviTroy recounts in his terrific new book "The Power and the Money," President-CEO relations have been one of the most important—and yet surprisingly under-examined—areas of American political and commercial life. My review in the @TheAthenaeumRev: athenaeumreview.org/review/preside…
Do what is right- not because you expect applause but because it is right @thinkingwest
"Deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised." J.R.R. Tolkien
David Gergen's career, spanning decades in government, media, and academia, was a masterclass in navigating power with grace, wit, and a stubborn belief in the public good, I write in this week's @dcexaminer: washingtonexaminer.com/magazine-obitu… @jimantle
Compelling post from @athenaeumbc on the enduring relevance of The Iliad:
The Iliad is the most violent book you'll ever read. Skulls shattered, eyes gouged, severed heads, in a brutally accurate reflection of war. But it's also the most beautiful book you'll ever read. Here's why it still matters, 2,700 years later... (thread) 🧵
Bill Moyers "turned television into a sanctuary for ideas, challenging power and amplifying the voiceless," I write about the Texas preacher-turned-TV journalist in this week's @dcexaminer: washingtonexaminer.com/magazine-obitu… @jimantle
No one should ever be shamed for reading
I hear this all the time. “Why are you reading on the subway? You should be scrolling like the rest of us!” There’s no such thing as performative reading. It’s good to read in public, good to read books you enjoy. Don’t let anyone shame you for seeking to broaden your mind.
I hear this all the time. “Why are you reading on the subway? You should be scrolling like the rest of us!” There’s no such thing as performative reading. It’s good to read in public, good to read books you enjoy. Don’t let anyone shame you for seeking to broaden your mind.
Biologically speaking, we COULD live without books--or without music, movies, sports, or spirituality. But who would want to live such a life?
I get asked “why do we even need the humanities?” by a lot of the same people who say, “why do we need beavers or trees?” The greed-driven mind can’t comprehend that some things are valuable for their own sakes. We can’t live without nature and we can’t live without books.
Alf Clausen, the composer who scored nearly every @TheSimpsons episode for 27 seasons, gave Springfield its soul, as I write in this week's @dcexaminer: washingtonexaminer.com/magazine-obitu… @jimantle
Is the @WhiteHouse becoming more religious? In this week's @dcexaminer I examine the growing role of religion in the @POTUS @realDonaldTrump White House: washingtonexaminer.com/premium/343888… @jimantle
“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.” ― Jorge Luis Borges
Wise words from one of our wisest writers (courtesy of @SketchesbyBoze):
Ray Bradbury's rules for living