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Nazi sympathy in 1930s American Universities

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...

Stephen H. Norwood | 31 Aug 2010

Understanding the “Ethical” Consumer

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...

Timothy M. Devinney, Pat Auger, Giana M. Eckhardt | 25 Aug 2010

An Islamic cultural center in Manhattan?

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...

24 Aug 2010

Louise Shelley on Human Trafficking

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...

23 Aug 2010

Louise Shelley – Politics and Prose

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 ?

22 Aug 2010

A Love Affair with Irish Literature

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,...

Rebecca Y. | 19 Aug 2010

Fundamental Holmes Book of Month

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...

10 Aug 2010

Fish with Fanged Tongue – A Discovery in the Census of Marine Life

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...

5 Aug 2010

Is there really such thing as an ethical consumer?

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...

3 Aug 2010

The paradox in defining the City of Angels

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 ?

28 Jul 2010

How to Help the Congo Toward Democracy

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...

27 Jul 2010

Immigration in Arizona: is the Federal or State government in the right?

In today's Cambridge Blog post, Anna O. Law tackles the legality of the Obama Administration's lawsuit against the State of Arizona.

Anna O. Law | 27 Jul 2010