It just wasn’t possible. And yet, there it was. Twenty-eight classes; twenty-seven topics. I had an extra day. I’d expected the opposite. Brooklyn College had performed reconstructive surgery on its core curriculum and, in the process, changed the rules for the class I teach,...
Dr. Sami Al-Arian Since the attacks of September 11th, the climate for Arab Americans and Muslims has changed dramatically. Directly following the attacks, hundreds of immigrants were held for months at a time with no charges brought against them. According to Human Rights Watch, hate...
Book Review: Black Rednecks and White Liberals by Thomas Sowell.Encounter Books, 2005 (355 pages). Black Rednecks and White Liberals is the latest rehash of the culture of poverty thesis that presupposes that the black poor are trapped in a never ending cycle of bad behavior that...
Music Review: Black Monk Time by the Monks (Polydor 1966; Repertoire 1994). In the midst of a mid-life crisis, F. Scott Fitzgerald once suggested a connection between his nervous breakdown and his work as a screenwriter, a job that subjected his texts to the whims and profit-mongering...
Theater Review: The Attic by Yoji Sakate. Translated by Leon Ingulsrud and Keiko Tsuneda. Directed by Ari Edelson. A scene from The Attic. Living in North America’s preeminent theatre city, New York audiences tend to believe that they have access to, and knowledge of, the full...
