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Israel and Palestine: 56 years of occupation

Hamas attacked Israel on October 7 2023. The Netanyahu government responded swiftly and indiscriminately. At least 1,400 people in Israel and 5,000 people in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) have been killed. Most are civilians. One of my students at the University of Washington has had their (fortunately unoccupied) family home destroyed by bombs. They […]

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Barry Goldwater on religion in politics

Although titled “To Be Conservative,” Goldwater’s statement was a resounding denunciation of the GOP’s then-growing alignment with “political preachers.”

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John Wilkes Booth shot President Lincoln 157 years ago

Five days earlier, Lee had surrendered to Grant, effectively ending the Civil War.