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Reflections on the Life and Death of Richard III
(2019-03-16)
Reflections made at Mariner's Church of Detroit in 1997 on the anniversary of the death of Richard III, with a follow up on the discovery of the body of Richard.
Rules of Good Studenting
(2019-09-28)
This is a set of rules given to students in classes with difficult content. It assists them in engaging the material and moving beyond their predispositions.
Arab Festival Incident Lawsuit 2010
(2015)
Dearborn, Michigan police denied a group of Christian missionaries the right to stand among a crowd and pass out literature. This is a summary of the incident and the lawsuit that resulted.
Profile: Reflections upon Pete Seeger
(2014)
This is a reflection upon Pete Seeger at the time of his death. it emphasizes his commitment to social justice and the controversy that surrounded his opposition to the Vietnam War, his Blacklisting in the 1950s, and his ...
Trip to Turkey 2010
(2015)
This is a report on a two-week trip the author and his wife took to Turkey in 2010.
The Death of Yasser Arafat
(2015)
These are thoughts on the life of Yasser Arafat at the time of his death in 2004.
The Palestinian Refugees of 1948
(2015)
This is a briefing document given to students in my course on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. it is a summary of the main research and perspectives on the events of 1948 and how the Palestinians came to be refugees.
The Iraq War Resolution of 2002
(2015)
Just before Congress voted in 2002 on whether to authorize the use of force in Iraq, Congressman John Dingell returned to his constituency to listen to input. I was asked to speak on behalf of the university. The audience ...
Muslim Gravestones in Detroit: A Study in Diversity
(Association of Gravestone Studies, 2019-03-19)
Muslims in the Detroit area trace their presence in southeast Michigan back to the 1800s. They are buried in thirty-one different cemeteries or cemetery sub-sections. They come from twenty-five different countries or ...
Religion and Science. The Scopes Trial
(2019-10-28)
This is a discussion of the Scopes Trial and how to understand what happened and why it happened. The thesis is that the political struggle between powerful and less powerful political and cultural groups cannot be separated ...