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(Source) I will start with the big picture: “The US government has declared war on the very idea of climate change” focused on the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency): Americans are used to whiplash in their climate policy. The US has … Continue reading →

Figure 1 – Diving in the Great Barrier Reef more than a generation ago (I was 60, my wife 50+) The last two blogs have focused on non-academic mechanisms to immortalize and expand the concept of “never again” by supporting … Continue reading →

A young visitor at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima Last week’s blog focused on one non-academic mechanism to immortalize and expand the concept of “never again,” through support for young people to connect to both the Holocaust Institute and … Continue reading →

Talking to German students in Wolmirstedt (of which Farsleben is now part) about the Holocaust The top photograph shows students in Wolmirstedt, Germany, listening to my talk summarizing my Holocaust experiences, which peaked with my liberation by a unit of … Continue reading →

Last week’s blog summarized the many changes that the new Trump administration is pursuing, with a sharp focus on decreasing both taxes and the federal workforce. One aspect that seems trivial to many is the attention being given to changing … Continue reading →

(Source: MSN: Cartoons: The Latest Editorial Cartoons From John Cole) Before starting this blog, I thought that I needed to invent a new English word – “defederation,” to mean the destruction of a federal structure. A short search showed that it … Continue reading →

Figure 1 – Global nuclear weapons (Source: MSN) The timing of the acquisitions: US (1945); Soviet Union (1949); UK (1952); France (1960); China (1964); India (1974); Pakistan (1998); North Korea (2006); Israel (estimated 1960s). One interesting insight into the Federation … Continue reading →

Map of the region before and after the Six-Day War (Source: BBC) *Note: there was a development in this matter after I wrote the post that you may know from recent news. I address it at the end of the … Continue reading →

The last few blogs explored some of the steps that the new Trump administration is taking against the roles of government that many of us cherish. My emphasis in these blogs was on academic institutions, but I went well beyond … Continue reading →

Below are two cherry-picked opinions on President Trump’s attitude toward academia and academic research, one from the NYT and the other from Forbes: Michelle Goldberg in the NYT: (Opinion | Trump Wants to Destroy All Academia, Not Just the Woke … Continue reading →