Posted in Race and slavery, International relations on Jun 4th, 2008
On Friday, I’ll be in Newport, R.I. to participate in a panel discussion on “The History of Slavery and the Slave Trade in Rhode Island.”
I’ll be speaking about the Rhode Island slave trade and the example of the D’Wolf family of Bristol, R.I., who were the nation’s leading slave traders. My fellow panelists will be Jim […]
Posted in Art, International relations on Jan 24th, 2008
I attended a screening of Li Ying’s 2007 documentary Yasukuni this afternoon at the Sundance Film Festival, with (and thanks to) my cousin Holly.
Yasukuni is a moving examination of issues surrounding the Yasukuni shrine in Toyko, exploring the shrine’s significance from the perspective of a variety of Japanese and non-Japanese voices. Li Ying is a Chinese-born […]
Posted in Race and slavery, International relations on Jan 5th, 2008
As I’ve noted previously, this year marks the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the U.S. slave trade. Thomas Jefferson’s ban on the slave trade on U.S. ships, and to U.S. ports, took effect on January 1, 1808. And Britain’s own ban, which was enacted mere weeks after Jefferson signed the U.S. prohibition into law, […]
Posted in International relations on Jan 4th, 2008
Fouad Ajami has a provocative essay in the International Herald Tribune today (and appearing in the New York Times on Sunday), arguing that Samuel Huntington has turned out to be largely correct in his prediction of a conflict between the West and Islam in The Clash of Civilizations.
Posted in International relations on Nov 12th, 2007
Peter Singer, a senior fellow at Brookings, has an essay today at Passport, the blog of Foreign Policy, offering his advice to those interested in finding jobs in the foreign policy world.
Posted in Race and slavery, Gender, Art, National security, International relations, Science, Law, Politics on Jul 5th, 2007
Welcome to my blog!
I’m planning to use this blog to offer occasional reflections on topics of interest to me, notably politics, law and foreign relations, but also including science and other topics. I make no promise to post frequently, or that this blog will be interesting to anyone.
From time to time, I will also offer […]
Posted in Race and slavery, Gender, Art, National security, International relations, Science, Law, Politics on Jul 5th, 2007
The blog entries prior to this date are a sampling of posts imported from my old LiveJournal account. I blogged these entries long before I started this site.
Unfortunately, the export from LiveJournal didn’t include any of the original comments.
Posted in International relations on Jan 28th, 2005
This Reuters story, about today’s get-out-the-vote effort in Iraq, is simply surreal:
A rumbling column of U.S. Bradley fighting vehicles grinds to a stop in a rebellious Iraqi neighborhood of scarred houses and mud streets.
Heavily-armed troops jump out and begin searching homes as loudspeakers blast in Arabic: “On Sunday you should go out to out. Vote […]
Posted in International relations, Politics on Sep 28th, 2004
What do ordinary Americans believe should be the most important goal of U.S. foreign policy?
Not preventing terrorism or stopping weapons of mass destruction, that’s for sure.
It’s jobs.
And how many Americans support the goal of bringing democracy to other countries?
14%.
Large majorities of the public also prefer more U.S. decisions be taken through the U.N., even if […]
