Jenny White
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Social anthropologist, novelist. Write about Turkish history, culture, politics, religion, gender, nationalism. Also Ottoman Empire (fiction). Emerita, live in Sweden. Love good literature, nature, science, art. jennywhite.net #Writer
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Or, to put it another way, debate, in the sense of the formal or informal defense of largely fixed positions, comes quite low in my list of goals/priorities as a history teacher.
Most college classes are not "free speech fora" but highly structured contexts that allow experts to help students/
Most college classes are not "free speech fora" but highly structured contexts that allow experts to help students/
September 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Or, to put it another way, debate, in the sense of the formal or informal defense of largely fixed positions, comes quite low in my list of goals/priorities as a history teacher.
Most college classes are not "free speech fora" but highly structured contexts that allow experts to help students/
Most college classes are not "free speech fora" but highly structured contexts that allow experts to help students/
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Obviously, a Russian attack on a US company deep into Ukraine's rear was deliberate and a clear signal of Russia's true attitude towards US and European peacemaking efforts.
Previously, Russia has launched deliberate attacks on Polish and Azerbaijani companies.
Conclusions must be drawn.
Previously, Russia has launched deliberate attacks on Polish and Azerbaijani companies.
Conclusions must be drawn.
August 21, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Obviously, a Russian attack on a US company deep into Ukraine's rear was deliberate and a clear signal of Russia's true attitude towards US and European peacemaking efforts.
Previously, Russia has launched deliberate attacks on Polish and Azerbaijani companies.
Conclusions must be drawn.
Previously, Russia has launched deliberate attacks on Polish and Azerbaijani companies.
Conclusions must be drawn.
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The US electorate is used to thinking of partisan combat as a choice between two slightly different flavors of constitutional liberalism deal...vanilla vs. strawberry...rather than a choice between constitutional liberalism or authoritarian illiberalism...vanilla vs. arsenic. Messaging that is hard.
August 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The US electorate is used to thinking of partisan combat as a choice between two slightly different flavors of constitutional liberalism deal...vanilla vs. strawberry...rather than a choice between constitutional liberalism or authoritarian illiberalism...vanilla vs. arsenic. Messaging that is hard.
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"Mr Witkoff favours striking a grand deal between America and Russia. His involvement in negotiations has usually been to the detriment of Ukraine. It has also been marked with extraordinary incompetence" www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
What Putin wants from Trump in Alaska
As the leaders prepare to meet, Russian forces break Ukraine’s defensive line
www.economist.com
August 14, 2025 at 9:55 AM
"Mr Witkoff favours striking a grand deal between America and Russia. His involvement in negotiations has usually been to the detriment of Ukraine. It has also been marked with extraordinary incompetence" www.economist.com/europe/2025/...