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The Presbyterians Divest, 2015
(2015-03)
In 2004, the Presbyterians debates a proposal to sell shares in companies that supported the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian lands, There was a furious response. In 2005 they debated the issue once again. In 2014 ...
Talk to the Bundestag
(2015)
This talk was delivered in 2003 to members of the Free Democratic Party foreign policy caucus. It was at the height of the Iraq War. The focus was upon how Americans think, how American policy is made, how Americans ...
Ambassador Ford Speaks on Syria
(2015)
This is the summary of a talk by Robert Ford, U.S. Ambassador to Syria, meeting with the Syrian-American community of southeast Michigan. It includes several follow up comments offered in response to the initial summary, ...
Reflections on September 11
(2019-03-19)
Comments delivered on September 13, 2001 at a campus gathering at the University of Michigan-Dearborn.
Travelogue: Poland in 2011
(2011)
This is a reflection upon a driving visit to Poland taken by the author, his wife, and their friend.
The Political Model of Louis Farrakhan
(2019-03-22)
In 1992 Louis Farakhan delivered a public talk at Michigan State University. The author attended and took extensive notes. The talk produced a conference paper on the political model inherent within Farrakhan's rhetoric. ...
The Palestinians of Dearborn, Michigan
(2019-04-02)
This is based on interviews with 71 male members of the Beit Hanina community living in Dearborn, Michigan in the 1970s. This constituted virtually the whole community. They were asked about their length of residence in ...
You Are In This Place A Strategic Analysis of a Congregation At Risk
(2014-12-05)
This is an analysis of a small congregation in a changing neighborhood as it struggles to survive. The approach is scientific, using various methodologies in organizational and community studies. It discusses the history ...
Presbyterian Divestment Debate, Two Talks
(2019-03-30)
These are two talks delivered in 2005 and 2006 to gatherings of Presbyterians as the denomination deliberated whether or not they should sell shares in stocks that profit from the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories.
Arab American Political Participation with a Focus Upon Gender
(2019-03-30)
This is a conference paper presented to the Wilson Center for International Scholars in 2006. It reports findings from the Detroit Arab American Study. The focus uses mainstream literature on political participation to ...