1) I'm home!!! ^______^

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MERIP and the Kevorkian Center at New York University are pleased to announce the launch of Middle East Deskhttp://middleeastdesk.org/Read more... )

Bush: Lean on Syria

Another headdesk moment for President Bush. Check out the CNN article about this for a link to the video. But as much as it might be amusing for Bush to have said a "bad word," I think what's really scary is the simple black-and-white assumption that goes into Bush's "plan" to "solve" the Lebanon-Israel conflict ( Read more... )

For a collection of news on the Israel-Lebanon bombings, see this post at juancole.

Bush asks Israel not to disrupt Beirut, but is this enough? No offense, but Bush seems to be condemning the bombing on one hand and condoning the destruction of Lebanese infrastructure. How's that not a contradiction ( Read more... )

I am now the proud subscriber to juancole, a syndication of Juan Cole's blog. If you've been around long enough, you've probably heard me cite him left and right in class notes and current event analyses. Juan Cole is a deep thinker who offers a fresh voice on Middle East issues not often heard in the media. He is also careful to put current events into ( Read more... )

Facts on the Ground: Archaeological Practice and Territorial Self-Fashioning in Israeli Society
Nadia Abu El-Haj, University of Chicago Press, 2001.

OMG before I start my notes let me just say how excited I am that we're finally reading a pre-history book, after what I wrote last night about how much I miss ancient history!!! This book is my ( Read more... )

The rest of my Algerian Civil War notes, continuation of this post. No formatting or consistency here. Just posting it because I want to have it accessible online in case anything happens to my computer's hard drive (too many horror stories). Passing right along ( Read more... )

The Algerian Civil War 1990-1998
Luis Martinez, C. Hurst & Co., Ltd., 2000.What Luis Martinez does in this book ( Read more... )

Rethinking the Economics of War: the Intersection of Need, Creed, and Greed
Cynthia J. Arnson and I. William Zartman, Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 2005.On greed vs. grievance: “This book represents an attempt at such a synthesis, drawing on the path-breaking work of Collie rand others on the role of resource income, greed, and predation in fueling ( Read more... )

Wow, the end of the Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State game was intense! Two (or was it three?) lead changes with under 10 seconds of game time to go! I wonder who would have won had the referee called travel instead of foul at the very end of the game. Basketball is such a great way to pick up from where the Olympics left off. I'm so ready for March ( Read more... )