Racism is not a new phenomenon and while it is an ongoing daily reality for vast numbers of people, it also often bursts from the shadows to remind us that just because we can keep ignoring the endless sequence of ‘minor’ racist...
23 August 2017
Given the intense media coverage over Charlottesville, a recent small headline largely escaped notice, but it...
18 August 2017
Human history is peppered with dreadful accounts of minority communities who were deliberately demonized before atrocities were committed against them. Though the global Muslim community is not under a clear and present danger, dark...
14 August 2017
Yet another deadly firestorm now swirls around Robert E. Lee. As his statues head to the ash heap of history, a life defined by slavery, betrayal, and slaughter...
10 August 2017
Donald Trump stands cluelessly at the edge of history, exemplifying everything wrong with the past, oh, 10,000 years or so.
The necessity for...
05 August 2017
I was asked to speak about prosecuting weapons dealers and war makers with a focus on Saudi Arabia. There are, I think, many ways that one could go about that. I say this as a non-lawyer, with certain perverse preferences that lawyers...