Johnny Hart, the late cartoonist who created B.C. is no longer with us to provide his annual controversial Easter strip, but others still mark the seasons with their single-paneled commentary. Daryl Cagle’s Political Cartoon page at MSNBC is the best single resource for English political cartoons. They also separate and […]
Daily Archives: April 9, 2009
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A tip of the ol’ cranial cover to my former student ES. An article from Daniel Drezner of Tufts University. The four questions lead him to four “relevant lessons about politics.” 1) Minority rights in an autocratic regime are a fragile thing. 2) Sanctions against an autocratic regime will rarely […]
As regular as the Easter season itself Prof. Vermes has an article in the British press about the resurrection.There is nothing new in the Times piece, but his conclusion is markedly encompassing. Neither positive nor negative reasoning leads anywhere because the Resurrection of Jesus cannot be compared with events belonging […]