History and My Story

Democracy and free media go hand in hand:
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Excellent account from CNN reporters in Bejing on how the government is controlling the “news” about the 20th anniversay of the Tiananmen Square demonstrations and crackdown. Listen for our key term “dissident” 20 seconds into the piece. Also, why are colleges and universities stepping up their “security” forces during the anniversary period? [...]

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American University graduate and Meet The Press moderator, David Gregory, explains Obama’s position and Cheney’s criticism concerning the detainees currently held at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.

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And here is an interesting take on Gitmo from the Russian perspective. [...]

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I don’t why I didn’t think of this sooner, but the U.S. Army has a terrific website–that I stumbled upon quite accidentally while looking for inspiration for a Memorial Day post.
Among the wealth of information about a variety of topics I saw this video that puts history in perspective. Crazy to think that a [...]

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Truthfully, just too much going on today to do this post justice…but I wrote alot last year so if you are curious about today’s holiday check out my post from May 5th 2008 here.  Anyone up for answering the questions I posed last year can do so by commenting on this post.

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While preparing for my DC trip with Pat and Ronnie, I’ve been checking out the current exhibits at the United States Holocaust Museum. It is amazing how much more information is currently being shared on-line than ever before. I came across this short video series that delves into the use of propaganda—-how it can contribute [...]

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I’m sure you’ve heard of Thomas Friedman and his book The World is Flat  (currently selling in version 3.0).  Here is a lecture he gave at MIT not too long ago about the his groundbreaking work.  The entire lecture is quite long—so if you haven’t got the patience to listen to that much talking over [...]

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This part of Obama’s plan is being met with a lot of criticism lately.  Wondering why?  The Council on Foreign Relation’s website has an interview with several leading economists who give their opinions for and against “cap and trade.”  I also added this site to my blogroll.  Their website is (in their own words) “an online [...]

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In the next few weeks we will be discussing the impact of WWI on Ireland. Remember, Irish boys fought in the Opium Wars, the British-Burmese Wars, the Boer War and were stationed in British colonies all over the globe. World War I was the proverbial “straw that broke the camel’s back.” In addition, after WWI [...]

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A few of you mentioned this in class.  The trial is being run by the U.N. world court on behalf of Lebanon—so it’s a little different from what the world court normally does, but obviously still a very important function of a world court.
This CNN video provides some background info:

Edited to add: Also, on March [...]

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