Archive for June 29th, 2009
Steve Sheppard – new FindLaw Column
Steve Sheppard, author of I Do Solemnly Swear: The Moral Obligations of Legal Officials, just kicked his own FindLaw column off with a bang – an analysis of the Supreme Court’s decision on “judge-buying”.
Happy Birthday, Shelf Awareness!
Happy Birthday, Shelf Awareness! The book industry newsletter is 4 years old today, but golly, they don’t look a day over two! Their announcement >>
Riz Khan interviews Janet Afary
Here is the two-part video interview of Janet Afary with Riz Khan of Al-Jazeera. They discuss the question: How far could things go in Iran? Afary is author of Sexual Politics in Modern Iran.
Abrahamian: Mousavi would shun nuclear weapons
Even if the Iranian authorities succeed in suppressing the large demonstrations, the opposition might adopt other forms of protest – such as manifestos, strikes and mass resignations by university professors. That is the assessment of Ervand Abrahamian, a professor of history at the City University of New York and author of several books about Iran, most recently A History of Modern Iran (Cambridge University Press, 2008).
Dylan the Brand
In one of the angriest anti-love songs ever written — “Positively Fourth Street” — Dylan places his former lover squarely on the side of the privileged: a tool of and a stand-in for the worst excesses of the capitalist conformist. It’s not only Dylan’s former lover, but also upwardly mobile middle class culture that seems here to be indicted.
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