Archive for the ‘Conflict’ Category
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Racial Polarization and Baltimore
Posted on April 28, 2015
In the aftermath of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, my hometown of Chicago faced riots in most of the worst ghettos in the city, except in certain areas...
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Pandora’s Box
Posted on February 19, 2015
According to Wikipedia, In classical Greek mythology, Pandora was the first woman on Earth. Zeus ordered Hephaestus to create her. So he did, using water and earth.[4] The gods endowed...
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AUMF
Posted on February 12, 2015
Congress used to declare war. Now it authorizes the use of military force. We used to go to war against countries. Now, we use military force against imaginary caliphates....
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The Legacy of 1877
Posted on November 26, 2014
I am reading a book entitled 1877, America’s Year of Living Violently by Michael A. Bellesiles. It’s a book about, you guessed it, 1877. You think we have problems today? ...
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The Breakdown of Brotherhood
Posted on September 25, 2014
It started with Cain and Abel. The Spartans never got along with the Athenians. The Christians split off from the Jews, despite the fact that Christ was a Jew. During...
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