Ok, I admit that after a long day of reading about Islam in the seventh century, or developments in Christology in eighth century Christian Iberia, a little Hollywood eye-candy begins to look attractive to me. What can I say? After all, I enjoyed The Kingdom when I watched it, even though it wasn’t a […]…Continue Reading Green Zone: Guilty Pleasure Post
Day: February 17, 2010
Plants of a (mis)Spent Youth
Friends ask me how I got into this line of work. How do can I explain it to a non-plant person? It’s all about the plants, after all, but how? What is it about the flowers, or the mulch, or the dirt? How did I get from playing Led Zeppelin on my eight track, painting my parent’s house white […]…Continue Reading Plants of a (mis)Spent Youth
Ayalon at it Again!
In his most recent display of poor diplomacy, Deputy FM Danny Ayalon snubbed an American congressional delegation visiting Israel today with J Street.
After the incident last month with Turkey’s ambassador to Israel, I’m honestly surprised (though I shouldn’t be) that Mr. Ayalon had the chutzpah to essentially give the diplomatic finger to an American congressional […]…Continue Reading Ayalon at it Again!
Back to Damascus
I’d like to hear thoughts from more informed people about our new ambassador to Syria, where we are reestablishing ties after withdrawing in 2005 over the controversy of Hariri’s assassination.
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Our Iran Diplomacy
The U.S. is gearing up to slap new sanctions on Iran in response to heightened rhetoric about their nuclear ambitions (although the Islamic Republic will still not admit that it’s pursuing anything other than a civilian program) and another rebuttal of the nuclear-rod-swap-deal that would have taken some dangerous material out of the country and […]…Continue Reading Our Iran Diplomacy
Segue from Segue Update
The Curricular Technology team, in consultation with the Faculty LIS Advisory Committee (FLAC) and the Area Directors, is defining topics and questions for curricular technology focus group sessions which will be scheduled over the next month.
To better understand how faculty and students use technology for teaching, learning and research, I’ve been reviewing the many course […]…Continue Reading Segue from Segue Update