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Columns and Articles by Dr. Laina Farhat-Holzman

December 08, 2023

War Crimes


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December 01, 2023

Future of our Enemies


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July 07, 2023

Race-Based Affirmative Action


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October 24, 2022

The Afghan Disaster (2 of 2)


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August 19, 2022

The Constitution and Minority Rule


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March 11, 2022

Weaponizing Lies


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February 11, 2022

Weaponizing Lies


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January 21, 2022

Space Aliens Among Us


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November 12, 2021

Steve Bannon: Anarchist Operative


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October 01, 2021

Panic in Party?s Demise


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May 21, 2021

What Is Infrastructure?


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February 12, 2021

History: When Lies Kill


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December 04, 2020

Biden?s Big Opportunity to Save Democracy


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November 20, 2020

Humanity?s Underbellies


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October 16, 2020

Perspective on History of Slavery


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August 21, 2020

History in Perspective


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August 14, 2020

Global status of Women


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July 31, 2020

Pardon Me! Defying Rule of Law


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May 08, 2020

The Crisis in Leadership


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May 01, 2020

New Attention to Ethics


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February 14, 2020

The Trumpification of Revenge


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January 31, 2020

If Right Doesn?t Matter?


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January 10, 2020

Assassinating: Kicking the Hornet?s Nest


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January 03, 2020

Trust and Truth in Democracy


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December 27, 2019

How Goes it with Women?


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December 06, 2019

America?s Gift to the World


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America?s Gift to the World


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October 25, 2019

Rule of Law Is Not a Given.


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October 11, 2019

Anti-Semitism?s New Supporters


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September 06, 2019

Men Who Deserve Praise


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August 30, 2019

Women?s Uneven Progress Globally


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August 16, 2019

Sticks and Stones: Words Matter


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August 02, 2019

Darwinian View of Women


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July 12, 2019

Democracy and Sacred Honor


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July 05, 2019

The Element of Trust


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June 21, 2019

Rogues? Gallery for Impeachment


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May 03, 2019

Revisiting Public Education


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January 25, 2019

The Limits to Growth


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December 28, 2018

Women with No Choices


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November 09, 2018

When Should "Norms" Become Law?


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November 02, 2018

What to Do About Saudi Arabia


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October 05, 2018

The Liberal World Order.


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September 28, 2018

The Me Too Movement in Perspective


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May 19, 2018

Public Education and Democracy


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April 14, 2018

Doing the Right Thing has Costs!


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February 03, 2018

Our Better Angels


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December 30, 2017

What are Laws and Norms?


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December 23, 2017

Is Fear of Strangers a Human Instinct?


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December 16, 2017

Good Manners Need a Renaissance


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November 04, 2017

Democracy Cannot Have One Hand Clapping!


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October 21, 2017

Vietnam Revisited


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September 16, 2017

Freedom Is a Tricky Concept.


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April 29, 2017

Russia?s New Global Aims


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March 11, 2017

The Role of Language in Politics


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January 28, 2017

The Arc of History


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January 07, 2017

Israel and Its Changing Neighborhood


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November 19, 2016

Culture Matters Part 2


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September 22, 2016

Is There Global Rule of Law?


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June 18, 2016

Religion, Sexuality, and Homosexuality


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March 19, 2016

Political Parties Are Not Permanent.


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March 12, 2016

Anger is No Substitute for Thinking.


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January 02, 2016

Darwin Awards for 2015


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December 26, 2015

The History of How Religions Change.


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December 19, 2015

Neither Bigot Not Apologist.


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November 07, 2015

Racism, Anti-Semitism, and Islamophobia: a Primer


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October 03, 2015

Whose Fault is the Immigrant Crisis?


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September 26, 2015

Press Coverage Sometimes Skews Needed Information.


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September 21, 2015

Another View of Pope Francis


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September 19, 2015

Refugee Hordes Threaten Europe?s Future.


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September 05, 2015

The United States of Europe Is Obviously Premature.


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June 20, 2015

Defunding Israel but Blind to Islamophobia Ripoffs?


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May 09, 2015

Europe?s Newest Invasion needs Tough Love.


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April 25, 2015

When is "Economic Information" Espionage?


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April 18, 2015

"Clash of Traditions" Offer Glimmers of Hope


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March 14, 2015

Poor Jihadi John: People Picked on Him!


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February 21, 2015

Annual Darwin Awards


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January 10, 2015

It is Not Smart to Take Rule of Law for Granted.


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July 26, 2014

Prejudice: Is it Culture or Race?


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July 05, 2014

The Borders in the Middle East are Changing.


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April 15, 2014

Disinvited


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Why We Can’t Make the World Safe for Democracy


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March 22, 2014

Putin’s Ideological Fantasy of Russian “Spirituality.”


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February 22, 2014

Let's Give them a Big Hand: Current Darwin Awards


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December 14, 2013

Alarms Bells Are Going Off As Al Qaeda Networks Spread.


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December 07, 2013

Can We Legislate Against Sin?


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October 05, 2013

Whistle Blowing: One Size Doesn’t Fit All.


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September 28, 2013

The Great Utopias Have a Nightmarish History.


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September 14, 2013

Moral Foreign Policy May Not Be Prudent Foreign Policy.


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August 24, 2013

Genetics: Do Persistent Close-Cousin Marriages Have Consequences?


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August 17, 2013

How Do We Know that Domestic Violence is an “Epidemic?”


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July 20, 2013

Egypt’s Problems Go Beyond Morsi.


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July 16, 2013

Snowden No Hero


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June 29, 2013

How Do Religions Modernize?


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April 20, 2013

Time for the “Democracy Project” to go!


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March 16, 2013

Foreign Policy: When Is Humanitarian Intervention in our Interest?


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December 15, 2012

What Can a Husband Do About a Disobedient Wife?


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November 24, 2012

The Russians Are Looking Like Their Old Selves Again.


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August 25, 2012

Who is attacking Science?


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August 11, 2012

Can There Be A World Without History? Militant Islamists Think So.


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July 07, 2012

Does Equality Mean “The Same?”


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April 14, 2012

What Has Become of Academic Critical Thinking?


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February 18, 2012

Time to Revisit the Abused “L” Word, “L” for “Liberal.”


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February 04, 2012

Religious Intolerance is the World's Normal. Can it Be Fixed?


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December 08, 2011

TV Humor and Soaps Are Potent Tools For Democracy.


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November 12, 2011

Power to the People! Round Up the Usual Suspects!


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November 03, 2011

Global Violence Declines---Except in the Middle East--Part 2.


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October 22, 2011

Is Human Violence Really on the Wane? Part 1 of 2


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October 18, 2011

Community: Is Letting the Penniless Sick Die an Option?


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September 24, 2011

U.N. “Anti-Racism” Conference Attacks “Islamophobia”


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August 23, 2011

All the News That’s Fit To Print?


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August 20, 2011

Do We Know What Makes People Evil?


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