This program will explore and review the state of American politics and what we can do to restore both function and faith to the system. Using questions and answers to his Civics Project column, Wagner will explore the controversies, successes, and failures of the modern era in a historical context.
Instructor: Robert G. Rabil, Ph.D. Historically, Chinese rulers saw their country as the Middle Kingdom, reflecting their concept of Zhongguo. Following what the Chinese perceive as the humiliating 19th and early 20th centuries, this view of Zhongguo today is taken to heart by President Xi, who apparently seeks to position China at the world's cultural, …
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T.V. shows and films about the law make the legal profession seem exciting and glamorous. Discover how real law can be even more stimulating than its dramatic facsimile. This series focuses on selected current, highly publicized, volatile, and contentious legal issues presented in important select cases pending before, or just decided by, federal and state …
Continue reading W381 – Objection! Current, Contentious and, Confusing Legal Battles
This series will take a more in-depth look at a few of the significant stories that have dominated the news. There will be an analysis of those subjects that drive the 24-hour news cycle, utilizing television clips, online videos, and various charts.
Instructor: Roy Klein, J.D., Esq. Ben Franklin famously said, "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." Have our government’s responses to threats to our national security diminished the civil liberties that The Bill of Rights guarantees? This presentation explores the age-old tensions between security …
Continue reading WPL03032 – Freedom vs. Security: Civil Liberties and the War on Terror
Instructor: Irving Labovitz, J.D. T.V. shows and films about the law make the legal profession seem exciting and glamorous. Discover how real law can be even more stimulating than its dramatic facsimile. This series focuses on selected current, highly publicized, volatile, and contentious legal issues presented in important select cases pending before, or just decided …
Continue reading S341A – Objection! Current, Contentious and, Confusing Legal Battles
Instructor: Roy Klein, J.D., Esq. This presentation explores the three constitutional amendments enacted during post-Civil War Reconstruction, the 13th (abolition of slavery); 14th (Equal protection/due process); and 15th (voting rights for ex-slaves), including their shortcomings and enduring impact through the 20th century to today. The lecture takes a deeper dive into the 14th Amendment, which …
Continue reading SPL03141 – Reconstruction and The Constitution: The History and Impact of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
Instructor: Samuel M. Edelman, Ph.D. Much has been written of late about settler cultures with specific reference to Israel and the Palestinians. Yet, there was a settler culture that lasted more than 1400 years and spanned the Mediterranean and Middle East from the Atlantic to the borders of China. That settler culture was Arab and …
Continue reading SPL03142 – Arab and Ottoman Colonization: The Real Settler Culture of the Middle East
Instructor: Irving Labovitz, J.D. T.V. shows and films about the law make the legal profession seem exciting and glamorous. Discover how real law can be even more stimulating than its dramatic facsimile. This series focuses on selected current, highly publicized, volatile, and contentious legal issues presented in important select cases pending before, or just decided …
Continue reading S341A – Objection! Current, Contentious and, Confusing Legal Battles
Instructor: Irving Labovitz, J.D. T.V. shows and films about the law make the legal profession seem exciting and glamorous. Discover how real law can be even more stimulating than its dramatic facsimile. This series focuses on selected current, highly publicized, volatile, and contentious legal issues presented in important select cases pending before, or just decided …
Continue reading S341A – Objection! Current, Contentious and, Confusing Legal Battles
Instructor: Andrew Kahn The Chinese government has reportedly detained more than one million Muslims in so-called re-education camps. Most of those detained are ethnic Uighurs; some are Central Asian Kazakhs or Uzbeks. The Uighurs are primarily from Xinjiang Province in western China and speak a Turkic language. The re-education camps are not voluntary. Those confined …
Continue reading SPL03251 – Enemies of the Party-State: The Uighurs of Xinjiang
Instructor: Irving Labovitz, J.D. T.V. shows and films about the law make the legal profession seem exciting and glamorous. Discover how real law can be even more stimulating than its dramatic facsimile. This series focuses on selected current, highly publicized, volatile, and contentious legal issues presented in important select cases pending before, or just decided …
Continue reading S341A – Objection! Current, Contentious and, Confusing Legal Battles
Instructor: Mitchell Bard, Ph.D. In many ways, Israel is a miracle. The odds were against its establishment and survival, yet it emerged as a triumph of Zionism. While its accomplishments are many and impressive in technology, medicine, and science, it also has faced internal challenges such as poverty, the integration of immigrants, and religious-secular tensions. …
Continue reading SPL03312 – Israel at 74: Achievements and Challenges
Instructor: Walid Phares, Ph.D. The Middle East has changed, and these changes will affect world geopolitics on security, economic, diplomatic, and human rights grounds. How is U.S. foreign policy interacting with this sensitive region? Should Washington continue in the same direction, or should it develop new policies? This lecture by Dr. Walid Phares will examine …
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