Monthly Archives: December 2015

Being an Overcritical Aspie: A Blast from a Christmas Past

I am reading a book on relationships for aspies, and like this from the section “Being overcritical.” When I was younger I tended to micro-analyze anything and everything. I took this to such an extreme that I could not watch … Continue reading

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Conflict Consortium Virtual Workshop “Data Feature” with Yousef Munayer

For our final 2015 Conflict Consortium Virtual Workshop (CCVW), we focused on Prof. Yousef Munayer‘s database on Settler Violence in Israel-Palestine from 2000-2014.  The data serve as the primary source for the 2012 report When Settler’s Attack (PDF), authored by Munayer.  Joining us for the … Continue reading

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Conflict Research is Alive & Well

I can’t speak for anyone else, but I am in need of a jolt of good news.  And I am delighted to report that 18 junior scholars provided Christian Davenport and I with just such a jolt when they recently … Continue reading

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The 16 Team NCAA Football Bracket, 2015

Would you be interested in this? It is based on the final rankings of the College Football Playoff committee.  Sure, the committee might have wanted to massage the rankings a bit to move OK State v OU and Northwestern v … Continue reading

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Revisiting Some Thoughts on Liberty & Terror

Today has made salient a series of posts I wrote back in October 2002, reflecting on the status of rights in post Patriot Act America.  First, my employer evacuated my building for two hours today in response to false alarm … Continue reading

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