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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
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Conchita Supervia & the Golden Age of Opera
Conchita Supervía & the Golden Age of Opera Conchita Supervía (December 8-9, 1895-March 30, 1936) was one of the great opera singers […]
Israel, Hobby Lobby, Transgender & the Family Research Council
Israel, Hobby Lobby, transgender & the Family Research Council I was fascinated to see the most recent ‘prayer targets’ message from the […]
Transgender Inclusion: Transforming the Academy, Transforming Society (SAVMA, 3.21.14)
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Bloomberg, de Blasio & the New York Times
Bloomberg, de Blasio & the New York Times “What is definitely off-target is the notion, which the New York Times repeated Saturday […]
Israel/Palestine & the not-so-United Kingdom
Israel/Palestine & the not-so-United Kingdom “Would a BBC interviewer be willing to hand over half of Britain to people who made […]
US foreign policy & academic political science
“Last Sunday, New York Times columnist Nick Kristof blasted the academy for being so cloistered in the ivory tower that its influence […]
Theodore Roosevelt, Taft-Katsura & the Betrayal of the Korean People
Theodore Roosevelt, Taft-Kaitsura & the Betrayal of the Korean People Theodore Roosevelt is to be admired for his ‘trust-busting’ and the founding […]