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Paris Park, Prison, Mosque — Why Does This Country Create Monsters?

Posted on January 12, 2015 by zjb

Michel Foucault, of course, wrote about hospitals and prisons. This article, which you can read here in the NYT, describes the so-called Buttes-Chaumont group at the center of the current-recent mayhem in Paris. Plotting out local and international networks, the article reads like … Continue reading →

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10,000 Soldiers 600,000 French Jews

Posted on January 12, 2015 by zjb

According to the NYT this morning, which you can read here,  the French government is committing 10,000 soldiers to protect Jewish and other “sensitive” sites. A welcome gesture to be sure, but what does it mean to say about the … Continue reading →

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After Paris — Islam (& Violence)

Posted on January 9, 2015 by zjb

What’s a liberal to think about Islam and violence except to hold two thoughts together simultaneously? In other words, I don’t see how one can reduce Islam to this act of horrific violence, just as I don’t understand claims that … Continue reading →

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