Image courtesy : CommonDreams.orgLast week, documentary filmmaker documentary filmmaker Finn Nørgaard, was killed in Denmark. Over 200 rounds from an automatic machine gun were fired into a cafe where he was attending a talk entitled, “Art, Blasphemy and Freedom of Expression.” Lars Vilks, a cartoonist who once published a caricature of the prophet Mohammed as a dog, and… Read more »
Baker explosion, Operation Crossroads, 1946. Source: wikipedia.orgAfter nearly seventy years since the last use of a nuclear weapon, the world has changed significantly. Fortunately, we no longer live in a society where Cold War-style duck-and-cover drills are needed. Even so, in his new budget, President Obama has proposed rebuilding of the United States nuclear arsenal… Read more »
Seth Harris at the 20th Anniversary of the Family Medical Leave Act. Image via Wikimedia Commons For a consummate policy insider who still has the ear of the people around the president, Seth Harris ILR ‘83, former deputy labor secretary turned Cornell distinguished scholar and global lawyer, is ready, after three decades of loyal service,… Read more »