Friday, July 29, 2005

Harris: Atheists Should Analyze Each Religion, not Condemn Them All

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Lee Harris recommends that atheists be less knee-jerk in their condemnation of all religious thought. Whether "superstition" or n...
Wednesday, July 27, 2005

Recasting the "War on Terror"

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What to make of this ? "The Bush administration is retooling its slogan for the fight against Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups, pu...
Monday, July 25, 2005

Philosophical Roots of Al-Qaeda's Ideology

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Just catching up, but this post , citing Andrew Wheatcroft’s Infidels: A History of the Conflict Between Christendom and Islam , traces the ...

Back

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I took a week off from work and fully intended to blog during that time. Well, I didn't. A few things, both planned and unplanned, popp...
Friday, July 15, 2005

The Ahistoric Roots of Radical Islam and a Call for Muslim Accountability

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Ziauddin Sardar writes in the New Statesman about the need for the majority of Muslims to rid their religion of those who espouse terrorism...
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History Carnival XII

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Caleb McDaniel has posted History Carnival XII , and another fine installment it is. Somehow, I managed to get an early mention . I guess ...
Tuesday, July 12, 2005

Iraq: Terrorist Flypaper or Terrorism's "Cassus beli"?

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I've thought that there was some credence to be given to the flypaper theory--fight the terrorists there so we won't have to fight t...
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Friday, July 08, 2005

"America's Unfinished Revolution": A Symposium ...

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The Cliopatria blog is hosting another symposium. This time it's on Gary Nash's essay (partial excerpt) entitled "America...
Wednesday, July 06, 2005

Does Field Specialism Occur too Early?

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The PhD (Dphil) in English has much to be said for it. It's good training in scholarly method. It instructs the student how to handle la...
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Friday, July 01, 2005

Blogging the Battle of Gettysburg

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What if blogs existed in 1863? What would it look like if someone "live-blogged" the Battle of Gettysburg? Something like this ?...

History Carnival XI

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If you tire of burgers and dogs, sun and fun, why not take a peek at History Carnival XI over at Siris. It's a dandy with nice graphic...

Brian Williams: "Several U.S. presidents were. . . probably considered terrorists of their time by the Crown in England"

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Brian Williams is the latest to engage in a shallow historical analogy and expose himself to criticism. Prior to last night's NBC News ...
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Monday, June 27, 2005

Immigrants and War: French Canadians in the Civil War Era IV

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NB: This is the 4th and final part of a series ( Here is Part 1 , Part 2 and Part 3 ). In short, if you don't feel like reading the ot...
Thursday, June 23, 2005

Immigrants and War: French Canadians in the Civil War Era III

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NB: This is the 3rd part of a series ( Here is Part 1 and Part 2 ). If you don't feel like reading the others, I guess you could be sa...

Immigrants and War: French Canadians in the Civil War Era II

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NB: This is the 2nd part of a 4-part series ( Here is Part 1 ). If you don't feel like reading the other three, I guess you could be sa...