Monday, April 28: Professor Marc-Olivier Baruch to Discuss the Implementation of Anti-Semitic Legislation in France in 1940-44

On Monday, April 28, Professor Marc-Olivier Baruch, Professor and Director of Studies, Center of Historical Research, L'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociale, CNRS, will lead a discussion on the implementation of anti-Semitic legislation in France in 1940-44.

Professor Baruch is a French historian; in addition to his work as a scholar writing books and articles, Professor Baruch testified at the war crimes trial of Maurice Papon.

This event is co-sponsored by the Institute for Law and Rationality and the Program in Law and History.

The event will be at 3:30pm in Room 348 of the University of Minnesota Law School. (Click here for parking and directions).

The discussion is free and open to the public. A reception will follow the talk.

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Who needs the mainstream media when Jon Stewart can engage in a level-headed discussion about our Middle East Foreign Policy?

Jon Stewart and Resa Aslan discuss foreign policy in Iraq and Iran, including arguing against the necessity of a first strike against Iran or the likelihood of a Baghdad-centered emerging Caliphate.

Too bad Comedy Central is the only network engaging in discussions like this...



If you have the time, Aslan's book No God But God is a great history of Islam.

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First it's The Facebook Election, now there might be MySpace terrorists?

Here's an interesting report on how social networking sites are under scrutiny for Homeland Security reasons for their potential use as terrorist recruitment and organizing tools - or potentially as counter-terrorist tools.


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McCain calls for creation of a "League of Democracies", an alternative to the United Nations

Today, Presidential candidate John McCain proposed the creation of a new "League of Democracies," which he envisioned as a supplement to the UN and NATO, where democratic nations could engage in diplomacy and strategy.