Like a lot of you, I'm struggling a lot with what to do and say in this moment marked by the administration's ostentatiously immoral immigration policies. I hit a breaking point when I saw in passing a post from someone I was, until yesterday, connected to on social media. I'm putting my words here (with … Continue reading Of Camps and Kids in Cages
Reading Gorbachev
Over the last couple of weeks, I have read William Taubman's Gorbachev, the first full-scale, authoritative biography of the last leader of the Soviet Union. This is not meant to be a full scale review, but rather a first set of impressions as I continue to mull it over. I'm struck, in brief, by two themes … Continue reading Reading Gorbachev
Current Readings on May 8 – Gessen on US Diplomacy
With the close of the spring semester upon us, I'd like to write about what I'm reading that's related to the topics of this site. Today, that topic is American policy toward Russia. This article in the NYT Magazine, "The Quiet Americans behind the US–Russia Imbroglio," by Kieth Gessen, gets at a number of issues that, … Continue reading Current Readings on May 8 – Gessen on US Diplomacy
600 Million
This evening, I listened to an interview with Daniel Ellsburg, who released the Pentagon Papers in 1971. He is currently promoting a book, The Doomsday Machine, about nuclear weapons, including his time as a planner of nuclear strategy in the 1950s and 1960s. Among other topics Ellsburg addresses in the interview, he recalls an incident from 1961. … Continue reading 600 Million
Getting Better All the Time
I can't say I've read much that Drew Magary has written recently, especially since I gave up the NFL a couple of years ago. (Okay, still get some joy out of his annual takedown of the Williams–Sonoma holiday catalog.) But over at Lawyers Guns & Money, they flagged the preamble to his NFL preview for … Continue reading Getting Better All the Time
Resurrected: “Research of a Different Sort”
This and other posts titled “Resurrected” are reposts from an earlier blog I kept that now, thanks to no longer being affiliated with UNC–Chapel Hill, I cannot continue to use. I’m adding them to jumpstart the process, and to provide some examples of the kind of commentary I envision adding in the coming weeks and … Continue reading Resurrected: “Research of a Different Sort”
Resurrected: “It’s Pronounced Pick-a-TEE, Comrade”
This and other posts titled "Resurrected" are reposts from an earlier blog I kept that now, thanks to no longer being affiliated with UNC–Chapel Hill, I cannot continue to use. I'm adding them to jumpstart the process, and to provide some examples of the kind of commentary I envision adding in the coming weeks and … Continue reading Resurrected: “It’s Pronounced Pick-a-TEE, Comrade”
Resurrected: “The 74th Anniversary”
This and other posts titled “Resurrected” are reposts from an earlier blog I kept that now, thanks to no longer being affiliated with UNC–Chapel Hill, I cannot continue to use. I’m adding them to jumpstart the process, and to provide some examples of the kind of commentary I envision adding in the coming weeks and … Continue reading Resurrected: “The 74th Anniversary”
Resurrected: “Demographics”
This and other posts titled "Resurrected" are reposts from an earlier blog I kept that now, thanks to no longer being affiliated with UNC–Chapel Hill, I cannot continue to use. I'm adding them to jumpstart the process, and to provide some examples of the kind of commentary I envision adding in the coming weeks and … Continue reading Resurrected: “Demographics”
A First Post
I'm writing to begin what I hope will develop into a long-term, ongoing conversation.
Aaron Hale-Dorrell 