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Justice Denied: The Killing of Trayvon Martin in Historical Perspective

… Orlando accepted Zimmerman’s version of things. Without a meaningful investigation, they dismissed the killing as … just cause to charge Zimmerman with second-degree murder, meaning the state believed he acted with a depraved state of … from it. Indeed, white Americans, including the most well-meaning white Americans, need to stop pretending to be …
Hollywood Movie store in Hong Kong, 2010.

Film, Television, and China’s (New) Cold War

… Indeed, the ideological conflict was considered bipolar, meaning that it was a contest between capitalist and … and at worst brainwashed. This position is not only demeaning to the intellect of the Chinese people, but it also …
Cover of The Eternal Decline and Fall of Rome: The History of a Dangerous Idea by Edward J. Watts.

Falling for the Fall of Rome

Review of The Eternal Decline and Fall of Rome: The History of a Dangerous Idea by Edward J. Watts (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021)
… but more importantly gained new insights into the use and meaning of calls for renewal from antiquity to the present. …