Salon Understanding terrorism: Attacks have a political logic, although they are usually ineffective, scholar says Terrorism is clearly reprehensible. Yet media reports and politicians often present terrorist attacks as if they are less calculated than they really are. Scientific research shows that this view is mistaken. Terrorism scholars have found that, leaving aside the question of immorality, there is an internal political logic to terrorist attacks — although they are […]
Reject isolationism There is a massive transformation taking place around the world. Our leading corporations are going global. Health and medicine and film are going global. And you don’t have to be great at math to understand that our economy can’t grow if we don’t sell things to the 95 percent of the world’s customers who live in […]
South Coast Today What happens to seized drug money on SouthCoast? Jack Levin, a criminologist and professor emeritus at Northeastern University, said critics could argue that prosecutors might have a vested interest in punishing offenders for their drug abuse simply because they benefit. “Whether you can prove that with statistics is another thing,” he said. District attorneys, though, like the idea of taking illegally earned money […]
UPI Kerry to Northeastern graduates: ‘You are Donald Trump’s worst nightmare’ U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addressed issues that include climate change, disease and terrorism and touched on the upcoming presidential election while speaking at Northeastern University’s commencement ceremony. Kerry made a quip regarding Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump early in his speech as he mentioned the diversity of the graduating class, noting that students […]
The Hill Kerry to graduates: ‘You are Donald Trump’s worst nightmare’ Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday told a graduating class of college students that they are “Donald Trump’s worst nightmare,” according to the Wall Street Journal. “You are the most diverse class in Northeastern’s history. In other words, you are Donald Trump’s worst nightmare,” he said during a commencement address at Northeastern University.
Hope fades for a two-state solution. Is there another path to Middle East peace? While the discussion in Britain about antisemitism and the limits of acceptable criticism of Israel is important, Israelis and Palestinians continue to kill and wound each other. The preoccupation with ignorant and offensive statements and Facebook posts of Labour politicians won’t stop anyone’s suffering in the Holy Land. Perhaps part of the reason we’ve become […]
Boston.com Boston.com: Northeastern students killed in Dubai crash honored at commencement ceremony Boston.com: Northeastern students killed in Dubai crash honored at commencement ceremony As he looked out at the thousands of students set to graduate from Northeastern University on Friday, President Joseph E. Aoun pointed out empty seats where two members of the Northeastern community should’ve been. “Your classmates Victoria McGrath and Priscilla Perez Torres earned their […]
Time: Read John Kerry’s Northeastern University Commencement address Time: Read John Kerry’s Northeastern University Commencement address Secretary of State John Kerry gave the commencement address at Northeastern University on Friday, describing the graduating class—which he said is the most diverse in the university’s history—as “Donald Trump’s worst nightmare.” Later in his speech, Kerry appeared to reference Trump’s promise to build a wall along […]
USA Today: Kerry hits Trump over diversity and the U.S.-Mexico wall USA Today: Kerry hits Trump over diversity and the U.S.-Mexico wall A rising number of Obama administration officials are taking shots at Donald Trump — andSecretary of State John Kerry took his turn Friday. Delivering the commencement address at Northeastern University in Boston, Kerry assailed Trump over his views on cultural diversity and foreign policy. “You are […]
The Wall Street Journal: John Kerry tells Northeastern grads they are Trump’s ‘worst nightmare’ The Wall Street Journal: John Kerry tells Northeastern grads they are Trump’s ‘worst nightmare’ With commencement season in full swing, Secretary of State John Kerry couldn’t resist the opportunity to use a speech at Northeastern University on Friday morning to take a swipe at presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. He said Northeastern’s class of […]
Boston.com Boston.com: John Kerry gives shout-out to Boston sports fans in commencement speech Boston.com: John Kerry gives shout-out to Boston sports fans in commencement speech Before congratulating the Northeastern class of 2016 during his commencement address Friday, Secretary of State John Kerry took a moment to talk sports. “Boston is the best sports town anywhere,” he said. “At the moment, for the Red Sox, ‘anywhere’ just happens to be […]
Reuters: Kerry jabs at Trump, warns against isolationism in Boston speech U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry criticized presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Friday, warning that isolationist policies would take a toll on the country’s well-being. “You are the most diverse class in Northeastern history. In other words, you are Donald Trump’s worst nightmare,” he jokingly told the 2016 graduates of Northeastern University in […]