Monthly Archives: July 2013
Majority Rule, Popular Mobilization, and the Use of Live Fire
Stathis Kalyvas tweeted an interesting observation, which led Christian Davenport to jump in, and twitter’s character limit has me moving to this space to share my thoughts. I think Kalyvas makes a nice observation; one which I have had vaguely … Continue reading
An Autistic Character on “The Bridge”
I just started watching “The Bridge.” I missed the first episode, so picked it up on episode two, and I am little more than half way into the episode. I had read nothing about it, but noticed pretty quickly that … Continue reading
Nonviolent Protest, Istanbul Stylee
This is the third in a series of posts this week about the non-violent protests in Turkey, most of which will focus on Istanbul. If you learn something here, please feel free to share (i.e., reblog, tweet, post to FB, etc.). … Continue reading
Policing Protest, Istanbul Stylee
This is the second in a series of posts this week about the non-violent protests in Turkey, most of which will focus on Istanbul. If you learn something here, please feel free to share (i.e., reblog, tweet, post to FB, etc.). … Continue reading
An Hour on Istiklal Ave, Istanbul
This is the 1st of a series of posts this week about the non-violent protests in Turkey, most of which will focus on Istanbul. If you are willing to translate one or more of the posts into your language, please … Continue reading
The Impact of Fiction?
In mid-July of 1998, when Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (London: Bloomsbury) was delivered to our home from amazon.co.uk my daughters were 5 and 7. I had read Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone to them that spring, and … Continue reading
Heroes Square
This is across the street from my Hotel in Budapest. Like all such monuments it saddens me. This is the primary quote: “To the memory of the heroes who gave their lives for the freedom of our people and our national … Continue reading
Nyet! No Tax Dollars for your Project
Well, the reviews are in, and once again the Political Science Panel at the National Science Foundation has declined to fund our project on National Human Rights Institutions. You can read last year’s rejection and proposal here, and the proposal … Continue reading
Will Opines 