The Art of Rejection
For an academic, rejection is as common as wasps in summer. Initially a mortal slight, it quickly retires to a …
Category Archives: Americas
The Presidentmaker
Suspend all questions of veracity and enjoy this lovely little tale: One night President Obama and his wife Michelle decided …
Hate Speech (But Only On Facebook Terms)
On the issue of free speech I have many a quibble. I am, unabashedly, a tyrant when it it comes …
Swartz and the MIT Heist
When too much knowledge becomes too much knowledge download: As best as we can tell, Aaron Swartz is being charged with …
Arab-Americans: De Facto Counter-Terror Targets
A chilling account of the use of ordinary Arab-Americans as test cases in counter-terrorism initiatives at a grassroots level: The …
A Belated Bit of Gil Scott-Heron
This is very overdue: an ode to the late, great Gil Scott-Heron: I must concede that I am more au …
Fisk on Obama’s Cowardice
Yesterday Amira Hass raised goosebumps with her striking editorial; today it is Robert Fisk: OK, so here’s what President Barack …
On Nakba Remembrance
A unique method of Nakba commemoration, courtesy of the Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of Chicago: In …
Happy International Women’s Day! (But Not if Britain Gets Its Way)
100 years since its launch, we are commemorating The Woman. Considering this year’s post, I rather hoped to move towards …
Qaddafi’s Western Academic Stooges
Synonymous though Sundays are with tranquillity and kindness (doesn’t the world seem a kinder place with church bells clanging and Labradors gambolling with small children feeding …
