The Idiot’s Guide to Enlightened Matrimony
Review of How to Create the Perfect Wife: Britain’s Most Ineligible Bachelor and His Enlightened Quest to Train the Ideal Mate, by Wendy Moore (New York: Basic Books, 2013)
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Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts: How Neo-Nazis and Ancient Greeks Met in Charlottesville
… period that classical statuary itself began to take on new meaning. Greek and Roman statues now epitomized the physical … in Nashville, TN. But even as we continue to debate the meaning and values of “Western Civilization,” we also need … used to interrogate their world to unmask the distorted meaning being made of their legacy today. Read and Listen …
Tearing Down the “Wall of Separation between Church and State”
… It has never been a part of the Constitution, and its meaning is unclear. Let's dispense with this empty phrase …
"Lone Wolves" No More
Review of Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America, by Kathleen Belew (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2018)
… Coming Home , 1996 On April 19, 1995, a date fraught with meaning for American white supremacists, former soldier …
The Human Use of Human Beings: A Brief History of Suicide Bombing
… term quickly evolved to incorporate elements of its current meaning—one who serves as witness at great personal risk to …
Gay is Good for Business: LGBTQ Rights and the Economic Development of America’s Cities and Suburbs
… national approval of same-sex marriage is translating into meaningful support for LGBTQ equality at the local level. … often racially segregated, community, rather than as meaningful safeguards for LGBTQ people. Second, local …
Policing the Police: A Civil Rights Story
… and immigrants at the turn of the century, police brutality plagued cities as well. Newspapers noted the frequency with … of law” meant. It had long been construed as “legally,” meaning it could not apply to the clearly illegal actions of … a stolen car on foot. Black leaders in Memphis, a city long plagued by police brutality, called for a boycott on white …
Obama Can Learn from Jimmy Carter, Too
… and consuming things does not satisfy our longing for meaning. We’ve learned that piling up material goods cannot …
Should Obama Deliver Another ‘Malaise’ Speech?
… and consuming things does not satisfy our longing for meaning. We've learned that piling up material goods cannot …
What the Vietnam War Tells Us About Iraq
… control, and that attitude in the White House may prevent meaningful international help now. Still, assistance from …
Crimea: A General Introduction
Review of Crimea: A History, by Neil Kent London: Hurst & Company, 2016.
… Putin is affiliated. It is absolutely critical to a meaningful study of Crimea that these be distinguished …
Invisible Man
Review of Robert Clifton Weaver and the American City: The Life and Times of an Urban Reformer , by Wendell E. Pritchett (University of Chicago Press, 2008)
… discrimination, segregation, and economic hardship still plague our society especially in American cities, where … analysis of that approach or its implications for creating meaningful change both in Weaver's lifetime and the future. …
