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...expected resource shortages. Preventing Genocide shows how mass violence has been avoided, and how it can be reduced in the future. For anyone seriously concerned about a dangerous future, Hamburg's prescription for avoiding deadly conflict is an invaluable "how-to" guide. In Larry Diamond's words, this book "is a work of profound empathy, analytic insight, historical erudition and disciplined passion." It shows that genocide is preventable, but it also demands that we engage in the problem. It will make you a practical optimist...
...Alabama - between Selma and Montgomery - on an Alternative Spring Break trip. My students and I are here to help rebuild a black church that was burned in an arson attack a few years ago. I am taking this opportunity to re-read Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s classic book, Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? This was King's final book, written the year before his assassination, at a time of profound transition—not only for the black freedom struggle he helped to lead, but also for a nation still struggling to overcome...
Religion, science, history, bureaucracy, a hilarious end of the world story—what more could you want? Anyone who has not read this book at least twice should...
...personalities are shaped by our own choices (which may not be as free as we think they are) and by powerful forces beyond our control. Maugham has a remarkable ability to evoke a vivid, realistic world with seemingly simple prose. Warning: not a happy fun book...
...Your book has an ominous title, but you're very sympathetic to many of the characters. Do you feel we can trust the "watchers"?What did Reagan say - "Trust but verify"? I've yet to meet anybody in this particular space who I thought had nefarious intentions or was out to violate people's privacy or anything like that. I'm willing to trust, but at the same time there have to be checks put in place and there has to be transparency and accountability. Bureaucracies have a way of taking on lives and actions of their...