Ward Churchill’s legal team rested its case on Day 13 (Wednesday, 25 March, 2009) in the wrongful termination suit against the University of Colorado. The trial is expected to come to a close this Friday, on Day 15, as scheduled. Day 12 (Tuesday, 24 March, 2009) saw the second day of testimony by Ward Churchill… [Read more…]
March 24, 2009 by Maximilian Forte
Unfortunately, given limitations of time, I cannot produce a digest of the various reports, and I am worried about leaving out seemingly small but potentially very significant details in condensing other reports. Day 11 (Monday, 23 March, 2009) saw Ward Churchill take the stand in his own defense, preceded by at least three other witnesses.… [Read more…]
March 23, 2009 by Maximilian Forte
After an absence of more than three months, it is time for another installment of Monday Morning Madness. The idea of “translating” another language into your own, by assuming that words that sound the same as words in your language are the same, is not a surprising one — the results can be disastrous, or… [Read more…]
March 22, 2009 by Maximilian Forte
Almost desperate for blogs that cover dimensions of the economic crisis in relatively brief posts that are accessible to non-economists, I was forced to take a journey lasting a few days into the economics blogscape. Longstanding interests of mine have been political economy, globalization, and world-systems analysis, and my early reason for entering anthropology was… [Read more…]
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March 26, 2009 by Maximilian Forte
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