Over 20 American colleges sent delegates to Nazi Germany in 1936. It was just a few decades ago that elite education institutions in this country were placing quotas against Jewish students, encouraging...
It is not uncommon to pick up a flyer at your local health food store and be impressed by the veritable tsunami of the reports and surveys espousing the rising tide of “ethical” consumerism. Depending...
Plans by the Cordoba Initiative to build a community center that includes a mosque near the former site of the World Trade Center in New York have sparked a heated national debate. Some argue vehemently...
Louise Shelley will be at Politics and Prose in Washington, DC at 7pm August 23rd, discusses the economics and harsh realities of human trafficking in America. Louise Shelley is the founder and director...
Louise Shelley, author of Human Trafficking, will be at D.C.’s famous independent bookstore, Politics and Prose, to discuss the stark realities of the global trend at 7pm, August 23. Read More ?
In this guest post, our book loving coworker, Rebecca Yeager, declares her love for the literature of the Emerald Isle. Be sure to check out Thomas Bartlett’s Ireland: A History, out this month. Ireland,...
The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression‘s Book of the Month for August is Ron Collins‘ The Fundamental Holmes: A Free Speech Chronicle and Reader – Selections from...
What more needs to be said. I’ve already mentioned the Census of Marine Life here on the blog. But today, I saw this picture on National Geographic’s website: A deep sea dragonfish. Photograph...
Do I order the grass-fed beef or the cheaper burger? Do I pay a little extra for a hybrid car? Should I install solar panels on my home? In theory, we’d all liked to do what’s best for the...
The New York Journal of Books looks at the authors of Los Angeles to attempt to define America’s new second city: is it a palm-shaded paradise with great weather or a vapid silicone desert of asphalt? Read More ?
Will democratic elections aid Congo in quest for a pathway to peace? Author Séverine Autesserre blames the failure of peace-building in Congo on the national-level “election fetish” of international...
In today's Cambridge Blog post, Anna O. Law tackles the legality of the Obama Administration's lawsuit against the State of Arizona.