Monday, January 16, 2012

More on Problematic and Spurious Martin Luther King Quotations

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So, the flap over the quotation on the Martin Luther King memorial seems to have been resolved just in time for his holiday today. The Ki...

On Martin Luther King, Monuments, & Drum Majors (and: Heinrich Heine)

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I wasn’t able to attend the town’s annual scholarship breakfast in honor of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Saturday, but I was thinki...

Marking Martin Luther King Day, 2012

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Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. Amherst Regional Middle School Library Massachusetts and the nation today marked the Martin Luther K...
Tuesday, January 10, 2012

We Seem to Have a Winner in the Flag Contest

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After a somewhat meandering discussion, members of the Amherst Design Review Board and Historical Commission have expressed...

Something New to Run Up the Flagpole: Amherst Flag Selection Process Back in High Gear

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Amherst will famously take no decision before its time (and even then some), so perhaps no one was surprised that this process has now stret...
Monday, January 9, 2012

Hampshire College, Israel, and Palestine: 1975 or 1938? And 2012? Still Seeking Civility on Campus

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Just under a year ago, on the eve of an event about Israel and Palestine that promised to be controversial, I wrote a piece expressin...
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Putting the Hampshire College Divestment Myth in its Grave

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The anti-Israel “BDS” (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement seems to be at a tipping point. It confidently promises an unprecedented cam...
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Sunday, January 8, 2012

Question-and-Answer on Israel and Divestment at Hampshire College (the "elephant in the room")

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the "elephant in the room" The false assertion that Hampshire College in 2009 divested itself of holdings in what student act...
Saturday, January 7, 2012

The Hampshire College Policy on Environmental, Social and Governance Investing: A Closer Look

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• College unveils most ambitious socially responsible investing policy in the country • Board reaffirms: College never divested itself of ...