“Devisive End to ‘Decade of Women’”
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“Politburo’s Youngest Member Advanced Swiftly to the Top”
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“Tough Stance Stays, But Style Will Shift”
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“Sharon Loses Libel Suit; Time Cleared of Malice”
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“Time Again for ‘So Much UN-ery’”
Curtain-raiser: The U.N. General Assembly of 1984. continue reading
“One week into the Invasion: Up the Coastal Road from Tel Aviv to Beirut”
Up the coastal road from Tel Aviv to Beirut, following the path of Israel’s 1982 invasion of Lebanon. continue reading
“Spot Analysis: Palestinian Autonmy and the Late Moshe Dayan”
Spot analysis: Moshe Dayan and the Palestinians. continue reading
Recap of Israel’s Attack on Iraq’s Nuclear Reactor, June 7, 1981
How the Israelis managed to blow up Iraq’s nuclear reactor in 1981. continue reading
“The Golan Heights: The Camp David Fear in the Occupied Golan Heights”
Israelis in the Golan Heights, 1980. continue reading
“The West Bank: A new breed of leadership”
Palestinian leadership in the occupied West Bank, Summer 1980. continue reading
“The West Bank: This Land is Whose Land?”
Israeli settlers and the Palestinians: Whose Land? continue reading
“Isle of Dogs”
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The Suffragents: How Women Used Men to Get the Vote
The story of how and why a group of prominent and influential men in New York City and beyond came together to help women gain the right to vote.
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The Suffragents won the Gold Medal in US History in the 2018 Independent Publisher Book Awards and was a finalist for the 2018 Sally and Morris Lasky Prize, presented by the Center for Political History. See “Summer Camp Newsletters” and Facebook posts from book-related appearances. Reviews, notices, and articles about my books are under their titles here. My articles are here.
2019 Calendar:
January 29: Exhibition Opening Remarks: “Women Get the Vote: A Historic Look at the Nineteenth Amendment,“New York Society Library. February 23: “Public Values in Conflict with Animal Agribusiness Practices,” UCLA Law School, Los Angeles. March 13:“ The Suffragents,” Scarsdale Woman’s Club, Scarsdale NY. March 24: League of Women Voters, Albany County at the Bethlehem (NY) Public Library. March 25: “Judges, Lawyers, and Women’s Suffrage: Recognizing the Men Who Stood with Women on the Front Lines,” Gender Fairness Committee of the Third Judicial District, CLE, NY State Courts at SUNY Albany Law School, Albany NY. May 15: “The Republican Suffragents,” National Women’s Republican Club, New York City. August 7: “From Emma Goldman to the Marketplace of Ideas: Marking the 100th Anniversary of Free Speech at the Supreme Court,.” AEJMC, Toronto.