Monthly Archives: June 2007

Gasoline Riots in Tehran: Regime Change Imminent?

Posted on June 29, 2007 by

[It's Gettin' Hot in Here...] Less than a week ago, The New York Times reported widespread crackdowns on Iranian youth. On Wednesday, the Iranian government was the one feeling the heat. Iranians are upset over government mandated gas rationing and … Continue reading →

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Numerus Clausus Redux?

Posted on June 28, 2007 by

Higher education quotas—known as Numerus Clausus—date back to 19th century Russia, if not earlier. These quotas took a variety of forms and could be institutional or informal, state-wide or confined to particular areas. They were implemented across Eastern and Western … Continue reading →

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Defeating Terrorists: An Historical Overview

Posted on June 27, 2007 by

I recently had an opportunity to see Christopher C. Harmon, Kim T. Anderson Chair of Insurgency and Terrorism at the Marine Corps University, on C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” program. Professor Harmon was discussing “The Myth of the Invincible Terrorist,” an encouragng … Continue reading →

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Ron Paul and the Paulistas: Populism and the Paranoid Style in American Politics

Posted on June 25, 2007 by

The Paulistas are out there and they’re angry. They’re mad about “corporatist” governance, the Federal Reserve and the war in Iraq. More than a few are truthers and they are quick to spring into action when Paul is mentioned in … Continue reading →

Posted in U.S. Politics | 24 Comments

Commentary Volume 123 • Number 6 (June 2007)

Posted on June 24, 2007 by

http://www.commentarymagazine.com This month’s Commentary contains some interesting and provocative material: The Case for Bombing Iran Norman Podhoretz If the ayatollahs acquire nuclear weapons, it will be too late—and too costly—to act. How China and Russia Threaten the World Gordon G. … Continue reading →

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Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich: How do you say “Israel must be wiped off the map”?

Posted on June 23, 2007 by

[H/t to Jewlicious] Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich were the only members of congress to vote against a call to charge Ahmadinajad with violating the 1948 Genocide Convention. The U.S. House of Representatives urged the U.N. Security Council to charge … Continue reading →

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Political Shifts: Left in Latin America, Right in Europe

Posted on June 21, 2007 by

Since the ascendancy of Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez and electoral victories by Lula in Brazil, Evo Morales in Bolivia, Ortega in Nicaragua , Bachelet in Chile, and Vazquez in Uruguay, there has been a lot of buzz regarding a general leftward … Continue reading →

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President Carter Has Lost His Marbles

Posted on June 21, 2007 by

Just when you thought he couldn’t go any further off the deep end. First the apartheid book. Then his comments about Bush being the worst president in history of the U.S. Given Carter’s foreign policy record, this is especially ironic. … Continue reading →

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Democratiya Number 9 (Summer 2007) is Out

Posted on June 20, 2007 by

From the Editor’s Page: ‘My anti-Americanism has become almost uncontrollable. It has possessed me, like a disease’, wailed the British novelist Margaret Drabble, in 2003. Jean Baudrillard, the late French postmodernist philosopher, writing in Le Monde, also settled on the … Continue reading →

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The Fight Against the Israel Boycott

Posted on June 18, 2007 by

Scholars for Peace in the Middle East are encouraging academics to sign this petition: http://www.spme.net/cgi-bin/display_petitions.cgi?ID=9 To: Academics and Professionals Standing In Solidarity With Our Israeli Academic Colleagues Against All Boycott Proposals and Actions Please Join Us By Signing and Circulating … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel and Zionism, Labor | 2 Comments