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The arrest of, and dropping of charges against, Henry Louis Gates

21 July 2009

If I had been able to, if this blog were not still acting up, I’d’ve been on time posting this story, which caught like wildfire and spread across the web; I’d’ve posted it yesterday. As it is, I’m tempted to raise it in the seminars that I’m attending as part of this faculty meeting at [...]

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Terror at Millar’s Creek Fundraiser

27 April 2008

I received the email below while I was away in Guyana, attending a regional cultural meeting and hearing about Guyana’s difficulties with crime and civil liberties. As I read it, I found myself thinking Why am I worrying about Guyana? We have problems with civil liberties right here. And we don’t talk about them. The [...]

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