“I won’t back down,” Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestine territories, after being sanctioned by Rubio’s State Department. Albanese’s sanctions were triggered by taking positions at [...]
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GUEST POST by MICHAEL STEINMAN That you are reading this surely means you don’t need it. But I ask your indulgence. When interacting with children we often try to teach civility, by prompting, “What’s the magic word?” True, it’s uncomfortably close to puppy-training, but we who pride ourselves on our own courtesies get [...]
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GUEST POST by MICHAEL STEINMAN I’ve collected Things all my life. Children look enviously at the Things adults have and copy. An early reader, I not only tunneled through books but wanted to HAVE them (thus a career in academia, where a full bookcase was a credential). I bought jazz records, CDs, and memorabilia. Aloha shirts, folk [...]
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