Trying to understand what Syria wants is not the world’s easiest task. Quite to the contrary, in fact, Damascus’s intentions are downright puzzling. The last few months have seen a flurry of diplomatic activity between the US and Syria with the restoration of a US Embassy in Damascus and the very recent appointment of Robert […]…Continue Reading Syria: Cold War Cornerstone?
Day: March 1, 2010
Arabic in a Post-Colonial Arab World
A fairly uninspiring blog I read, The Beirut Spring, ran an unusually interesting post about the use of language in Lebanon – specifically, the use of Arabic – and how that is tied to identity, among other things. This is of distinct interest to me for two reasons: first, as an Arab-American I form a […]…Continue Reading Arabic in a Post-Colonial Arab World
MiddLab: Call for Projects
What are you doing this semester? If it includes working on a project or research covering topics that potentially span multiple disciplines, We’d love to hear about it. You can get in touch by emailing middlab@middlebury.edu.
What is MiddLab?
MiddLab will be a new section of our website that helps push information about scholarly and service work […]…Continue Reading MiddLab: Call for Projects
Who Won the Health Care Summit Debate?
Who won the health care summit debate?
That was the question media pundits asked in the aftermath of last Thursday’s marathon, 7-hour public health care meeting between President Obama and Democrats and Republicans in Congress. Not surprisingly, there was no consensus answer. Obama partisans thought the President came out ahead because, in his calm, wonkish way, […]…Continue Reading Who Won the Health Care Summit Debate?
Wind Damage
I’m happy to say that Middlebury didn’t suffer much for tree damage from the storm I wrote about last week. Peak wind gust was only 34 MPH, but power was still out on campus for the better part of the morning. From what I understand a tree fell on a line near a substation. I’ll […]…Continue Reading Wind Damage