The Dictator of Dearborn

This is a book review of Orvie: Dictator of Dearborn by David Good. The book focuses upon the long-term mayor of Dearborn, Michigan. He was know for his efficient administrative services, his exceptional personal popularity, his abusive administrative style, his controversial personality, and his segregationist views.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/110668/1/HubbardReviewOfGood.pdfDescription of HubbardReviewOfGood.pdf : Main articl

The Presbyterians Divest

Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/110846/1/mepo12111.pd

Response to Hanan Ashrawi

This is a talk delivered to the Cranbrook Peace Foundation in 2005. They had given their annual peace award to Palestinian negotiator Hanan Ashrawi. There were two speakers who responded to her talk, one an Israeli who had monitored her while in the miitary, one myself.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/110674/1/Ashrawi2005.pd

Academic Freedom

This is an op ed piece written for the Detroit Free Press. It was in response to an incident on the Michigan State University campus when a faculty member insulted a Muslim student.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/110666/1/AcademicFreedom2006DFP.pdfDescription of AcademicFreedom2006DFP.pdf : Main articl

The Death of Yasser Arafat

These are thoughts on the life of Yasser Arafat at the time of his death in 2004.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/110672/1/DeathOfArafat2004.pdfDescription of DeathOfArafat2004.pdf : Main articl

Arab American Political Participation

Analysis of different patterns of political participation among Arab Americans. Data are from the Detroit Arab American Study. This is a conference paper presented at the Wilson Center. A revised version of the paper was published in the book cited above.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/110128/1/WilsonLong.pd

Are the Evangelicals an Ethnic Group?

The thesis of the paper is that at the core of the Evangelical political movement is the Scots-Irish ethnic group. The Scots-Irish are often mis-characterized as a religious group. The paper discusses Evangelical political positions and compares them with Scots-Irish culture and political thinking. The author suggests that the Scots-Irish are a key element of American politics. Any party that can win half of their states can win the Presidency.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/110131/1/EvangelicalEthnic2013.pd

Presbyterians, Jews, and Divestment. The Church Steps Back

In 2004 the Presbyterian Church voted to begin a process of "phased, selective" divestment from five stocks that were profiting from the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. In 2006 they voted to continue engagement with the corporations. The author wrote an article on the 2004 vote and the controversy surrounding it. This is an article on the 2006 vote and the controversy that surrounded it.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/110130/1/ChurchStepsBack2006.pdfDescription of ChurchStepsBack2006.pdf : Main articl

I Was Not Afraid: The Guided Reflections of Sibylle Laurischk. Conversations with Ronald Stockton

An oral history memoir with Sibylle LaurischkDescription: These are the oral reflections of Sibylle Laurischk. There were six hours of interviews during a five-day period in March, 2020. The interviews took place in her home in Offenburg, Germany. They covered a range of topics including her youth, the youth culture in the 1960s and 1970s, her reflections on education at primary, secondary, and university levels, family history of her mother and father (refugees from eastern Germany), family experiences during the war, the post-war period, including the Russian occupation of East Germany, the continuing psychological impact of the war on Germans, and especially on her generation (she was born in 1954), her years at university in Heidelberg during which German youth were reassessing the meaning of Germany history and the role of their parents in what had happened during the war, her time in Israel and South Africa, marriage and motherhood, her involvement in local politics, her time on the city council, her election to the Bundestag, voting for President of Germany, her visits to America, her interests in women’s issues and minority issues, her practice of family law.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/163345/1/SibylleMemoirToShare.pdfDescription of SibylleMemoirToShare.pdf : Main articleSEL

Tombstone Inscriptions and Family Records

The book includes tombstone inscriptions and family information on 829 individuals buried in Horse Prairie Cemetery in Sesser, Illinois. It includes an analysis of mortality and gender patterns. Tombstone inscriptions such as poems and expressions of loss are included.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/110127/1/HorsePrairieForPosting.pdfDescription of HorsePrairieForPosting.pdf : Text of Boo