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Afghan Adjustment Act

So, I’ve been writing that congress is doing nothing about our nightmare of an immigration system, but I have been wrong. Some senators…

Aug 25, 2023

Aug 25, 2023

Ethnic Diversity in 12th Century Palestine and Syria

Inclusive diversity helped build trade and peace.

May 5

May 5

The prideful theology of the Crusades

The Crusades were an unholy mission for earthly conquest, akin to the Christo-fascist movements of today. The justification for Crusade was…

May 1

May 1

I almost quit writing yesterday.

Well, maybe not entirely, but sharing my writing and hoping to make money on it. I got frustrated because of the slow progress, and perhaps…

Apr 28

Apr 28

Jihad, Crusade, and Peacebuilding in the Middle Ages

I consider here the siege of Jerusalem by the Crusaders in 1099 in the context of how previous sieges in the region had taken place. The…

Apr 27

Apr 27

Social Media and the Crusades

A participant in the first Crusade, Stephen de Blois, wrote a letter to his people back home about how the campaign was going. He wrote…

Apr 24

Apr 24

Disinformation and the Call for the First Crusade

Pope Urban II made a speech in 1095 in France. He appealed mostly to the Frankish military elite; requesting they launch a military…

Apr 17

Apr 17

On the rough art of tuning out

I have stepped out of the political stream of discourse. It’s been about two weeks, and it feels really, really good. I don’t know how much…

Apr 12

Apr 12

Class consciousness

An alternative to Bill Burr’s theory

Mar 2

Mar 2

The Russia as victim narrative

It’s fine. Whatever. As long as there is some historical depth to the argument I guess. I don’t know, I get so tired of petty tribalism…

Feb 24

Feb 24

Kevin Patrick Fitzgerald

Kevin Patrick Fitzgerald

Ethics, history, human rights, peacebuilding, equality, freedom, justice, discourse, healing intergenerational trauma

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