Category: Author-Editor Post/Op-Ed

May 19, 2015

Why breakthroughs in addiction research have not changed addiction treatment

Read a post by Markus Heilig, author of THE THIRTEENTH STEP, on the difficulties of treating addiction and the disparities between addiction treatment and new breakthroughs in addiction research.

May 13, 2015

An Intellectual Toolbox

Read “An Intellectual Toolbox,” a guest post by Ruwen Ogien, author of HUMAN KINDNESS AND THE SMELL OF WARM CROISSANTS: AN INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS.

May 7, 2015

Defining Terrorism – Is One Man’s Terrorist Another Man’s Freedom Fighter?

Read excerpts from “Defining Terrorism – Is One Man’s Terrorist Another Man’s Freedom Fighter?,” an article by Boaz Ganor, author of GLOBAL ALERT: THE RATIONALITY OF MODERN ISLAMIST TERRORISM AND THE CHALLENGE TO THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC WORLD.

April 10, 2015

The Greening of Asia: Businesses’ Role in the World’s Biggest-Ever Environmental Clean-Up

Read an article by Mark Clifford, author of THE GREENING OF ASIA, excerpted from The World Financial Review, in which he discusses how the challenge of improving Asia’s environment has been translated into business opportunities.

April 2, 2015

Japan’s Adjustment to Geostrategic Change

Read a post by Sheila A. Smith, author of INTIMATE RIVALS: JAPANESE DOMESTIC POLITICS AND A RISING CHINA, in which she looks at recent events in Japan-China relations, and explains how they relate to her book’s argument.

March 12, 2015

Thursday Fiction Corner: James Davis on the Writing of Eric Walrond

James Davis discusses what makes the writing of Eric Walrond so powerful and distinctive.

February 26, 2015

Proposed 1920s Orphanage Study Just One Example in History of Scientific Racism — Michael Yudell

“Racism has indeed left its stain on scientific thought.”–Michael Yudell

February 25, 2015

Reaganism and the Rise of the Carceral State — Doug Rossinow

Doug Rossinow, author of “The Reagan Era: A History of the 1980s,” on the role of Reaganism in the war on drugs and the rise of the carceral state.

February 20, 2015

Smoke, Mirrors, and Hot Air: The Denial of Global Warming — James L. Powell

“As bad as the effects of smoking have been and will be, they pale beside the death and destruction that global warming is set to visit upon us. Will Big Oil one day find itself in the courtroom?” — James L. Powell

February 13, 2015

Wine and Chocolate on Valentine's Day. How Can You Go Wrong? — Natalie Berkowitz

Natalie Berkowitz, author of “The Winemaker’s Hand,” on the potent combination of wine and chocolate.

February 11, 2015

Four Thoughts for Academic Writers (Or Maybe All Writers) — Eric Hayot

Eric Hayot, author of “The Elements of Academic Style,” gives advice on writing.

February 4, 2015

Cultural Foreign Policy from Cold War Modernism to Today's Hollywood Bromance — Greg Barnhisel

Greg Barnhisel, author of “Cold War Modernists: Art, Literature, and American Cultural Diplomacy,” on the possibilities and limits of cultural diplomacy.