Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama & the sad reality of symbolic victories
“A ‘Madame President’ would be a much-needed literal and symbolic victory for women across the country who are fed up with the […]
Holocaust Memorial Day 2014: Buchenwald, Dachau, the US Army, Israel, Palestine
Holocaust Memorial Day 2014: Buchenwald, Dachau, the US Army, Israel, Palestine By Pauline Park On Holocaust Memorial Day 2014, I remember my […]
Bratton & the NYPD on LGBT exclusion from St. Patrick’s Day
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Avraham Stern, Menachim Begin & the founding of the state of Israel
Avraham Stern, Menachim Begin & the founding of the state of Israel Avraham Stern’s death in British custody did nothing to end […]
Henry VII & the Tudors on TV
Henry VII & the Tudors on TV I just discovered “The Shadow of the Tower,” the 1972 ‘prequel’ to “The Six Wives […]
God & the Delusional Richard Dawkins
God & the Delusional Richard Dawkins By Pauline Park Richard Dawkins is delusional. That might be a strange thing to say about an […]
Israeli apartheid & the paradox of a Palestinian poet in exile in Iceland
Israeli apartheid & the paradox of a Palestinian poet in exile in Iceland I heard Mazen Maarouf speak at Columbia University on […]
Breaking the Silence: LGBT Identities & Multiple Oppressions (UIUC, 4.11.14)
Breaking the Silence: LGBT Identities & Multiple Oppressions Pauline Park, Ph.D. Chair New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy (NYAGRA) and President […]
Bill Clinton, Edward Snowden & imperfect messengers
Bill Clinton, Edward Snowden & imperfect messengers “Former President Bill Clinton called National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden an ‘imperfect messenger,’ saying […]
Obama, LBJ & Presidential Legacies
Obama, LBJ & Presidential Legacies “Disappointed liberals, conservative critics and ordinary citizens who remember the candidate of 2008 have asked that question […]
Israel & the Ottoman expulsion of Jews from Palestine in 1917
Israel & the Ottoman expulsion of Jews from Palestine in 1917 Ahmed Jemal Pasha on the banks of the Dead Sea “April […]
La Princesse de Cleves
La Princesse de Clèves Jean-François Poron (le Duc de Nemours) & Marina Vlady (la Princesse de Clèves) “La Princesse de Clèves” is […]