Posts on 10/16/19
Catalonia: Unrest in the Streets
(Jose Manuel de Prada, Spain, 10/16/19 10:07 am) This past night has been one of violence, anxiety and fear in Barcelona and other major Catalan towns, courtesy of hooligans encouraged by the puppet president of the Generalitat Joaquim Torra, who th ...
Read moreWhat Is Meant by "Ethnic Catalan"?
(Jordi Molins, Spain, 10/16/19 9:47 am) As a reply to José Manuel de Prada's comments on ethnic purity in Catalonia, I wrote on WAIS two years ago: "In relation to ethnic purity: the two Republican political parties ha ...
Read moreMy Memories of Herbert L. Packer
(Henry Levin, USA, 10/16/19 3:38 am) I knew Herb Packer, the father of George. Packer was a distinguished law professor who died at only 47 years of age after three severe strokes. He had a history of depression, and the death was an ap ...
Read moreNobel Laureates Tokarczuk and Handke
(Edward Jajko, USA, 10/16/19 3:20 am) I am embarrassed to say that I have read nothing by Olga Tokarczuk (but will correct that soon) or Peter Handke. I would like to point something out, however, that is of bibliographic and also, oh, I ...
Read moreAn Interview (and Lunch) with George Packer
(Harry Papasotiriou, Greece, 10/16/19 3:02 am) To answer Enrique Torner (October 15th), George Packer interviewed me during the 2004 Athens Olympics for an article published by the New Yorker (the only time I have been mentioned in that m ...
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