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Taking Aim at the Israeli Boycott

Mainstream U.S. presidential candidates are lining up behind Israel’s demand that the next “leader of the free world” take aim at Americans who express their contempt for Israel’s persecution of Palestinians through a boycott, as Lawrence Davidson describes. By Lawrence Davidson Most readers will know that the United States has served as the patron of…

Walker Percy Weekend 2016

Walker Percy Weekend 2016

Save the date: it’s happening on June 3-5, 2016, in St. Francisville. We had our first organizational meeting last night, and have some pretty great programming ideas. This year will be Walker Percy’s centenary, and this year, for the first time, we will have both of Walker and Bunt’s children, Mary Pratt Percy Lobdell and Ann Percy Moores, in attendance. What an honor. If you love Walker Percy, you won’t want to miss this very special weekend.

Archaeologists Unearth Weapons From The Era Of Ivan The Terrible In Russia

An archaeological dig near Zvenigorod, a town in Moscow Oblast, has unearthed the private arsenal of a military commander from the era of Ivan the Terrible, the first Tsar of Russia. An archaeological expedition from the Institute of Archaeology at the Russian Academy of Sciences, was conducting a rescue excavation in search of artifacts, prior to the construction of a new Central Circular Highway, when they came across the find near the old town of Zvenigorod .

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