Bloom’s Public Housing Commentary
06/30/2008
"Public housing that works is a legacy that New York would be foolish to squander," argues Nicholas Dagen Bloom, author of Public Housing That Worked: New York in the Twentieth… READ MORE
Category: Current Affairs
More Coverage of Sageman v. Hoffman Debate
06/09/2008
Over the weekend, both the New York Times and the Washington Post addressed the differing views of Leaderless Jihad author Marc Sageman and Georgetown scholar Bruce Hoffman. Sageman and Hoffman… READ MORE
Sageman at Center of Debate on Al Qaeda’s Strength
06/05/2008
In "Terrorism’s Two Front War," Huffington Post blogger Adam Elkus outlines the current debate on the state of Al Qaeda. "The main question: is Al Qaeda still a disciplined organization… READ MORE
Blum Repeats Du Bois Prayer
06/04/2008
In a timely post to the Religion in American History blog, W. E. B. Du Bois, American Prophet author Edward J. Blum quotes the 20th century African American activist in… READ MORE
Thomas M. Nichols on History News Network
04/16/2008
Welcome to the new age of preventive war, in which states and their leaders will no longer be content to wait for signs of imminent attack in order to strike… READ MORE
Time Magazine Reviews Leaderless Jihad
03/24/2008
This week, Time magazine became the latest major publication to review Marc Sageman’s new study of Islamist terrorism, Leaderless Jihad: Terror Networks in the Twenty-First Century. Time’s Aryn Baker writes,… READ MORE
A Newsweek Web Exclusive with Edward J. Blum
03/20/2008
A recent Newsweek Web article opens with the following line: As Sen. Barack Obama deals with the fallout of controversial remarks by his pastor, a noted historian explains how the… READ MORE
Edward J. Blum puts Jeremiah Wright’s Rhetoric in Context
03/18/2008
In an HNN.us commentary, “God Damn America” in Black and White, Penn Press author and historian Edward J. Blum places the Reverend Jeremiah Wright’s controversial oratory in the historical context… READ MORE
The Future of Human Rights–Now Available
03/11/2008
The Future of Human Rights: U.S. Policy for a New Era Edited by William F. Schulz 288 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2008 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4111-2 | $45.00 |… READ MORE
Washington Post Op-Ed on Sageman’s Leaderless Jihad
02/28/2008
Washington Post columnist David Ignatius has this to say about Leaderless Jihad: Terror Networks in the Twenty-First Century: Politicians who talk about the terrorism threat — and it’s already clear… READ MORE
