In 1950, United States Senator Joseph McCarthy began what is best known as an anti-communist witch-hunt. He argued that he had the names of close to 200 “known communists” working in the US State Department, and even went so far as to question the allegiances of then-President Eisenhower. McCarthy essentially tarnished the names of countless [...]
Archive for January, 2008
Freely Shaping American Foreign Policy
Posted in DSJ work, Religion, tagged Israel, Judaism, Lobbyists, US on January 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Misplaced Allegiances
Posted in Religion, tagged George W. Bush, Israel, Judaism, Lobbyists on January 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
For the past week, I have been writing an essay about pro-Israeli lobbyists in Washington, and the influence they exert on American foreign policy. I have scoured over countless websites and research papers, all of which describe how the US has pumped money, arms and defense technologies into Israel since 1967, despite the fact that [...]
New Surroundings
Posted in Denmark, tagged Aarhus, Denmark, Montreal on January 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One would think that after spending over four months in Holland, my transition into a Danish world would go smoothly. Instead, after the tease that was two weeks in Montreal, moving to Aarhus was more difficult than I had imagined.
