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[ad_1] Bernardine Dohrn (left), Bill Ayers (right), Zayd Ayers Dohrn (center) with his brother in Harlem, after a long drive through the underground in 1980. (Courtesy of Peter Clapp) All HALE the Conquering Heroes Zayd Ayers Dohrn has quite a story to tell, and fortunately for readers, he is a stellar storyteller. A prize-winning playwright, Zayd may hold the title of the Daniel Hale Williams Professor and Director of the MFA in Writing for the Screen + Stage at Northwestern University, but, as America commemorates the 250th anniversary of its Revolution, Zayd’s personal saga calls to mind the patriot Nathan…

[ad_1] The terrible siege of Lenningrad (St. Petersburg) lasted 872-days as German and Finnish military forces encircled the city. It was only when the harsh winters froze Lake Ladoga that the Road of Life could be established. A lifeline of trucks and mules and makeshift rail brought food and ammunition to the besieged city. While half a million civilians left—walking over the treacherous frozen water and through a historically cold winter—German aircraft harassed and bombed those departing along with anyone bringing in supplies and reinforcements. It was a nightmare of human endurance and courage, a symbolic defiance to Adolf Hitler’s…

[ad_1] Carl Estabrook delivering the News From Neptune from the studio in Urbana, Illinois. When I think of my friend Carl Estabrook, as I often have in the weeks since he died, I see someone who was fully engaged with life. Almost every aspect of life mattered to Carl, was worthy of being experienced, observed, analyzed, discussed and debated. He had a roving mind and an unchained spirit. There was nothing dour about him. He was witty and charming and empathetic. He also knew who the enemies of life were, the people and institutions who profited from inflicting pain on…

[ad_1] A member of Congress cited threats and violence against his family and home in his decision to change a vote on Israel. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] No character study of Odysseus comes closer to perfection than Tennyson’s:  And tho’  We are not now that strength which in old days  Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;  One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will  To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. The Ulysses of Tennyson—and for that matter, of Alexander Pope—is a cunning and amoral man in rebellion against fate and time. Cleverest and wittiest of all heroes, he surpasses even the Olympians in arrogance and ego, and in consequence is…

[ad_1] When word came down that USAID was being dismantled in Nicaragua, I was sorting through old documents amid the chaos of the mission close-out. On the desk next to mine sat a book abandoned by a colleague: The Dictator’s Handbook, by political scientists Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith, which lays out, in plain and clinical language, how dictators actually operate. It felt fitting: Nicaragua had been seized and was being run as a family enterprise by Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, according to Human Rights Watch. I snatched the book, sensing it would be relevant. What Trump…

[ad_1] At last count, President Donald Trump had named only nine career Foreign Service officers (FSOs) as ambassadors. Six had been confirmed, while three remained waiting for Senate confirmation. That strikingly small number has predictably put the Foreign Service establishment inside the State Department on the warpath. Under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, the breakdown was roughly 70 percent career diplomats to 30 percent political appointees. Under Joe Biden, it was about 60–40. Even during the first Trump administration, the split was approximately 55–45. But the second Trump administration is taking a markedly different approach, closely screening each…

[ad_1] Randy Barnett and I recently finished maxing out (to use the lingo of the day) the Separation of Powers chapter for the Fifth Edition of our casebook. We went back-and-forth about whether it was even necessary to keep Morrison v. Olson. Ultimately we decided to, in large part, because Chief Justice Rehnquist explains the line of precedents from Myers to Humphrey’s Executor. Moreover, Justice Scalia’s iconic dissent would later be vindicated in Slaughter. Students should not forget how we got to the present moment. Still, we recognized that very little of Morrison survived. The Independent Counsel statute, as well as the special prosecutor…

[ad_1] Darline Graham’s views on so many issues, as well as her qualifications to serve in the Senate, are just not known ahead of a special GOP primary. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Imagine how Republicans would react if a Democratic president reflexively threatened to yank the broadcast licenses of TV stations because he did not like their news coverage or programming decisions. President Donald Trump has been doing that since his first term, and he did it again last week after ABC and NBC declined to offer live coverage of his speech about election security. These threats are part of an intimidation campaign that has already yielded striking concessions to Trump’s whims. His weaponization of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is designed to chill constitutionally protected speech, establishing a precedent that…