We Are Being Silenced

Who can speak these days? Do faculty members feel comfortable speaking and writing about controversial topics and societal oppressions on … More

Israelites wandered in the Hejaz (including Mecca)

The Desert of Paran or Wilderness of Paran (also sometimes spelled Pharan or Faran; Hebrew: מִדְבַּר פָּארָן, Mīḏbar Pāʾrān), is a location mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. It is one of … More

Bees, trees and seas crises

After years of ongoing confluence of crises, our society is going through a seriously difficult chapter. But some problems deserve … More

Trump Is a National Disgrace

This assault on our democracy must stop. The current president is ignorant, incompetent, inhumane and a prodigious liar, passing 20,000 … More

Living the Dakota 38

On the day after Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, he ordered the execution of the Dakota 38+2 at Fort Snelling … More

The Real ROYAL Family

The British monarch is not the Crown, the office of monarch is the head of state and exists in the fiction. … More