Monthly Archives: May 2014

Of Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax–and Commencement Speakers

Posted on May 27, 2014 by Timothy Burke

I found myself really annoyed in the last week when I came across the many cases of faculty approvingly endorsing the fate of commencement speakers like Robert Birgeneau and Christine Lagarde, and scolding William Bowen for scolding students for their … Continue reading →

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Sovereignty Is Bunk

Posted on May 15, 2014 by Timothy Burke

During the run-up to the Iraq War, I remember a few hot conversations among opponents of the war about whether there was such a thing as a “sovereignty left”, e.g., a tendency towards seeing the achievement and maintenance of inviolable … Continue reading →

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