An Extraordinary Achievement
March 19, 2011
Hisham Matar calls UN Resolution 1973 authorizing intervention in Libya "an extraordinary achievement", and I absolutely agree. Many American scholars and commentators mistook the situation as just "another Iraq" or "another Afghanistan" (because, of course, they're the same), complaining that "hawks just want to go to war".
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March 19, 2011
Hisham Matar calls UN Resolution 1973 authorizing intervention in Libya "an extraordinary achievement", and I absolutely agree. Many American scholars and commentators mistook the situation as just "another Iraq" or "another Afghanistan" (because, of course, they're the same), complaining that "hawks just want to go to war".
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Winnowing
March 10, 2011
I have just a few comments on the unfolding situation in Libya. What seems evident to me, is that American political analysts are confusing "neocon interventionism" with humanitarian concern. They dismiss the latter because it may possibly include hints of the former.
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March 10, 2011
I have just a few comments on the unfolding situation in Libya. What seems evident to me, is that American political analysts are confusing "neocon interventionism" with humanitarian concern. They dismiss the latter because it may possibly include hints of the former.
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Our Responsibility
March 1, 2011
In an interview on Libyan state television last Friday, Muammar Gaddafi stated, “those who do not love me do not deserve to live”. In those terms, the situation in Libya is a love affair gone terribly wrong.
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March 1, 2011
In an interview on Libyan state television last Friday, Muammar Gaddafi stated, “those who do not love me do not deserve to live”. In those terms, the situation in Libya is a love affair gone terribly wrong.
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Narrative & Protest
January 28, 2011
Have you been watching the Middle East? Did you know that tens of thousands are protesting in Egypt right now? Did you know that in Egypt, public dissent is usually harshly criticized, and that this level of protest is unprecedented there? Indeed it is.
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January 28, 2011
Have you been watching the Middle East? Did you know that tens of thousands are protesting in Egypt right now? Did you know that in Egypt, public dissent is usually harshly criticized, and that this level of protest is unprecedented there? Indeed it is.
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The Fourteenth
August 12, 2010
People like Republican Senator Russell Pearce, Senator Jon Kyl, and Senator Lindsey Graham, along with their colleagues, the nativists and xenophobes of America, support the repeal of the Fourteenth Amendment* and an end to jus soli citizenship.
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August 12, 2010
People like Republican Senator Russell Pearce, Senator Jon Kyl, and Senator Lindsey Graham, along with their colleagues, the nativists and xenophobes of America, support the repeal of the Fourteenth Amendment* and an end to jus soli citizenship.
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Let the People Come
August 5, 2010
On April 23rd Governor Brewer of Arizona signed the most stringent anti-immigration bill to date, aimed to identify, prosecute, and deport illegal immigrants. President Obama has voiced strong criticisms and called it misguided, and protests have sprung up across the country representing the faction of Americans who consider it to be racist and bigoted policy.
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August 5, 2010
On April 23rd Governor Brewer of Arizona signed the most stringent anti-immigration bill to date, aimed to identify, prosecute, and deport illegal immigrants. President Obama has voiced strong criticisms and called it misguided, and protests have sprung up across the country representing the faction of Americans who consider it to be racist and bigoted policy.
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Truth & Reconciliation in Lower Manhattan
August 3, 2010
By now you’ve all heard of Park 51 and the Cordoba House, but probably by another name. Today the Landmarks Preservation Commission of New York City voted 9 to 0 against granting historic protection to the building in lower Manhattan, thereby allowing the start of construction on the $100 million center dubbed by right wing opponents as the “Ground Zero Mosque”.
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August 3, 2010
By now you’ve all heard of Park 51 and the Cordoba House, but probably by another name. Today the Landmarks Preservation Commission of New York City voted 9 to 0 against granting historic protection to the building in lower Manhattan, thereby allowing the start of construction on the $100 million center dubbed by right wing opponents as the “Ground Zero Mosque”.
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Think. Don't Just Thank.
November 11, 2010
As we express thanks today for the men and women who have served in uniform, I think it's also important to think about why men and women fight and die in uniform. Without the narratives of "fighting for freedom" or "defending the American way" or "keeping terrorists at bay", would so many be so willing to put their lives on the line?
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November 11, 2010
As we express thanks today for the men and women who have served in uniform, I think it's also important to think about why men and women fight and die in uniform. Without the narratives of "fighting for freedom" or "defending the American way" or "keeping terrorists at bay", would so many be so willing to put their lives on the line?
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Let's Change Things
July 27, 2010
“Is that what it takes to change things?”, asks a bubbly blonde at dinner with Madison Avenue’s fiercest creative director, Don Draper. Frank Rich references the same scene from Mad Men in an article about Shirley Sherrod, citing the Civil Rights fury about to break loose in the TV drama’s 1960’s landscape.
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July 27, 2010
“Is that what it takes to change things?”, asks a bubbly blonde at dinner with Madison Avenue’s fiercest creative director, Don Draper. Frank Rich references the same scene from Mad Men in an article about Shirley Sherrod, citing the Civil Rights fury about to break loose in the TV drama’s 1960’s landscape.
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