November 30, 2020 New Orleans        The years pass by, and some things in fact do change. In the early 1970s, when developing staff policies as the organization grew, there was a somewhat notorious addition, showing up fourth on the list: “That’s Why They Call it Dope.” The rule was unambiguous. You could do anything …

November 29, 2020 Pearl River     I really, really want to like Erica Chenoweth and her work as a researcher and advocate of “strategic nonviolent conflict,” but I keep having trouble getting all the way there. Chenoweth is most popular for her conclusions, with co-authors, that civil-resistance movements are almost two times more successful at creating …

November 28, 2020 New Orleans      The term “logrolling” has always fascinated me. It seems so authentically American, speaking of a time when the country was mainly frontier. Logrolling also speaks to the solidarity so appreciated by any of us who have had to move what might be left of a tree by ourselves, running …