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StocktonAfterClass — 233 episodes
A Salvtion Army Graveyard and a Historic Poem by Vachel Lindsey.
Crazy Lady On The Phone: A True Story
Question Israel at Your Own Risk. The University of Michigan Graduation Speech, 2026
Last Will and Testament, 1717 style
At War With Iran! Everything You Wanted to Know but Were Afraid to Ask
Stop Blaming God. When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Rabbi Kushner. The Story of Job, and the Lessons We Can Learn From It.
Venezuela And The Trump Empire.
No Room in the Inn. An Alternative Nativity Story. (Probably more accurate than the one you learned as a kid).
Trump in Decline. An Explanation
The Georgia Vote Stealing Case. Dismissed today November 26, 2025. What Were the Charges?
Turning Point in the Revolution: King's Mountain.
An American in Palestine: A Love Story. Memoir and Insights from Christa Bruhn
To Deport or Not to Deport. Stories From an Expert Witness (me)
No Heresy Trial (Yet). Four Entertaining Stories About Religion.
Marx and the Jews. Not What You Expect. The 1844 Manuscripts.
The Gaza Genocide. A Public Talk
The Logic of the Israeli Hard Right.
International Memoirs: Opening Paragraphs.
John Brown of Harper's Ferry Fame. The beginning of the Civil War.
That REALLY, REALLY Bad Word for African Americans. And My Struggle With It.
Is Christianity Polytheistic? The Doctrine of the Trinity. A Reposting
Visit to Palestine During a Time of War and Genocide, One Year Anniversary. Reposting.
Famous People I Met Along the Way
The Logic of a Moral Assassin. Why I Killed Gandhi. Relevant to the Killing of Two Israeli Embassy employees.
The Election of Pope Leo XIV, An American Pope.
Everything You Wanted To Know About the Catholic Church (But Were Afraid to Ask). Reposting
Pope Leo XIII. Rerum Novarum (an inspiration for Pope Leo XIV). A Reposting
I Am Running for Pope. (Seriously. Don't Laugh)
Interview with Adel Bsesio regarding his family archive of property held in southern Palestine, confiscated by the Israelis in 1948.
Glitch: This is a duplicate of the interview with Adel Bsesio. Sorry for that. Please listen to the other Bsesio interview. It focuses upon the archive.
A Unique Story of Palestinian Land in 1948. Original interview with Amine Zreikh
Pope urges American Bishops to pursue Christian policies towards immigrants, not Trump policies.
Beirut Marine Barracks Bombing, 1983
"Defeated and Overrun" The Israeli Military (IDF) Report on the Hamas Attack of October 7
Ukraine War (Reflections at the Start) A Reposting
Should America Annex Gaza? President Trump's serious proposal
Darn it, Kamala. I told you there was an iceberg just ahead. I even told you how to avoid it. Why the heck did you not listen to me?
Classified Documents Taken By Trump. Case dropped by Trump Administration. Reposting.
Anti-Semite? Bigot? Enemy of Israel? Reactions to Jimmy Carter's book, Palestine: Peace or Apartheid.
RIP Jimmy Carter. Citizen, Patriot, Peacemaker, Visionary, Christian.
Thoughts on Syria (December 27, 2024)
Adam and Eve (And the Snake). A Creative Re-Telling (just for fun).
Temporary Protected Status. How to Stay in America (at Least for a while) When Your Home Country Falls Apart.
Shall We Zoom? An Invitation for Sunday December 8 at 2:00 Eastern Standard Time
Arrest Netanyahu? For Real? Here is a Summary of the Charges Submitted to the International Criminal Court, complete with Evidence and Points of Law. Reposting in Case You Missed It First Time Around.
Lincoln was Far More Discouraged Than You have Ever Been. He Thought God had Turned on America and had Brought its Affliction as Punishment. Stop blaming someone else, God said. Look in the Mirror, God Said. The Second Inaugural Address.
A Tribute to Bernie Klein, a Unique and Amazing Professor.
How I Plan To Vote, And Why.
A Palestinian Girlhood. The Memoir of Terry Ahwal, "Keeping the Dream Alive."
Hezbollah: All You Wanted to Know but Were Afraid to Ask
What The World Thinks of Jews. A Global Public Opinion Study
Hillbilly Elegy by J. D. Vance. Memoir or Ideological Treatise, or both?
Lebanon War, 1982-2000 (Reposting, in case you need an update)
September 11. Memories based on notes from that day. A Reposting
If I tell you, I have to Kill You. A True Story
The Gaza Dilemma: Abandon the Treacherous Democrats, or Engage Them?
Is Israel Committing Genocide? The South African Document. A Reposting (in case you missed it the first time, or need a refresher)
Netanyahu Conquers Congress. His Talk of July 24,2024
Who Shot Trump. And Why?
What Happens When You Get Old? Joe and Donald, Listen Up!
John Mearsheimer on the Gaza War. Israel: Loser; America: Loser; Iran:Winner. Ouch!
Visiting Palestine During A Time of War and Genocide, Part II
Palestine during a Time of War and Genocide, Part I.
Request for Warrants to Arrest Netanyahu, Sinwar, and others for War Crimes trials
Roe V Wade Overturned. A Reposting two years after the event of the Alito decision.
Nelson Mandela Freed, 1990 A Reposting
Comments to the Graduating Class
Ottoman Perspectives on Zionism (and on Jews). A reposting
Evangeline. A Poem of Love and Loss by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Hamas Narrative on the events of October 7. What we did; Why we did it; What we want; What we did not do.
High Court in The Hague Preliminary Ruling on the Genocide Case against Israel.
Israel on Trial for Genocide. The South African Document
Hard Right Jewish Religio-Ethnic Nationalism. Rabbi Meir Kahane. Reposting.
Genocide: A Reposting
Suppressing Dissent. Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. A Reposting
Three Narratives on Israel. Evangelical Christian, Jewish Nationalist, Arab Nationalist. A Reposting.
Sabra and Shatilla Massacre and Kahan Commission Report. A Reposting
Shall we Chat on Zoom? How About December 2 at 2:00 Eastern Standard Time.
The Palestinians After 1948 (Reposting of an Earlier Podcast)
The Palestinian Refugees of 1948: Reposting of an Earlier Podcast
Israel-Gaza War. Podcast 2. Israel Invades Gaza
Israel-Gaza War. Israel Invades. Podcast Two
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Hamas-Israel War of 2023
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. 1973 October War. The Fiftieth Anniversary. Egypt, Syria, and Israel. (Also the US and USSR)
Understanding Impeachment (On the first day of the impeachment "investigation" of Joe Biden) What our founders meant by the concept. A reposting.
Why I Killed Gandhi. The Public Statement of his Assassin
Falling Man. An Iconic Story About September 11
Biden Will Be a One-Term President.
Trump On Trial. The Georgia Indictments. A Briefing.
The January 6 Indictments. Trump On Trial. A Briefing
Israel Seriously Polarized, and in Trouble, 2023
In Praise of the Ku Klux Klan. The Clansman (1903). A Book that Shaped American Thinking, Then and Maybe Even Now
Gandhi's Concept of Non-Violent Resistance, a. k. a. Satyagraha or Soul Force
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: The Black Swan. An alternate Ending . A Reposting.
Rape and Repentence. A Wrongful Conviction. A 28 Year Sentence. A Story that Will Chill Your Bones and Challenge your Soul. At least it did mine.
The Mara-Lago Indictments. Trump On Trial. A Briefing
Waco. Not the City in Texas. The Waco of the Mind. The Call for a New Civil War
Legacy Lecture: My Life, My Career, My Classes, My Research, My Projects, My Students.
Israel at 75. The Palestine War of 1948. Liberation or Catastrophe, or both?
Les Miserables. Why I swore I would never read this novel. And why it is now one of my top two favorites.
Dominion Defeats Fox. The Parties Settled Today. What Happened, and Why? An 8 minute summary.
A Palestinian Reflects on His Life in Ramallah, and His Life in Ann Arbor. A New Memoir.
Christopher Robin Poems: A Delightful Selection
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Why there will be no negotiated solution. The Perspectives of Ian Lustick. A Reposting.
Jimmy Carter. A Great American. A Great Christian. He Never Gave Up
Ukraine War. Reposting from February, 2022 (I had not listened to this for a year. I learned some things. Thanks for doing it, Ron. You're welcome, Ron)
Eichmann in Jerusalem. Reposting on the 60th anniversary of its publication.
The Case for Caution: Why we Should NOT Invade Iraq. A talk from 2002. (Raises some good, long term issues).
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. The Lebanon War of 1982: How Our Leaders Saw it. (Not a parody but at times sounds like one).
Kennedy School Rejects HRW Head over Apartheid Report. Reposting: Is Israel an Apartheid State? Please read text below.
Explaining Hitler. Ten Famous Scholars Debate the Issues (Sometimes with heated words)
Three Catholic Stories: A Female Pope (which the Vatican denies), My Run for Pope (which the Vatican denies), and Spotlight (which the Vatican wishes would go away).
Impeachment for Insurrection: The Second Trial of Donald J. Trump. A reposting
The Nine Commandments. (But I thought there were Ten?) This is really interesting.
When Ron Met Jane. Courtship in the Stone Age. A 60th Anniversary Story
Books on Religion That You Will be Glad you Read
Invitation to a Zoom Discussion, December 3, 2022 12:00-1:00 (Eastern Time). Details attached.
A Matter of Honor. An Incident in the Damascus Souk
The Return of Netanyahu and the Rise of the Israeli Hard Right. A Reposting on Kahanist Thinking
Four Fun Stories, two about Halloween. Including the legendary story of Gato, King of the Cats. (A reposting, just for fun).
Why the President's Party Loses Seats in the Off-Year Election, and why the pattern doesn't always hold. Political Analysis plus some comments. (How could I not?)
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. The Palestinian Intifada of 1987-1993. Reposting. A parallel with Iran 2022?
Is Christianity Polytheistic? Uh ... Interesting question. Sit down. Have some coffee. Let's Talk
Eight Things About the Holocaust. Reposting of a Podcast
Kahan Commission Report on the Sabra and Shatilla Massacre: Reposting of an earlier podcast
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: The Lebanon War of 1982. The War That Never Stopped
Understanding the Americans. A Talk With Some Members of the German Bundestag.
Why Kill Salman Rushdie Over a Book? A Reposting (but worth your time)
Mark Twain's autobiography, and The Dog as Beautiful as a Girl
Is Israel an Apartheid State? What does that term mean, and what difference would it make?
Origins of Islam: Mohammed and the Koran
Three Detroit Area Gravestones (of really interesting people).
The Most Famous Public Opinion Study. How We Analyze Voting Behavior (and why people don't move around much).
Memorial Day 2022: Reflections during a Difficult Time. .
The Origins Of Public Opinion Research
Is Roe v Wade Doomed? The Leaked Alito Decision
Background to Islam: Not What You Think.
Liberation Theology: How Individuals became radicalized. The cases of Archbishop Romero and Che Guevara
Liberation Theology: The Political Background in Latin America, especially the role of US involvement in radicalizing the region.
Legendary Dearborn Mayor Orville Hubbard: Controversial, destructive, creative, racist.
Populorum Progressio. A papal encyclical renouncing the International Imperialism of Money; declaring that property ownership is not inviolate, and questioning whether free trade is consistent with Christian principles. .
Is Anti-Zionism a form of Anti-Semitism? And what do those terms mean anyway?
Liberation Theology: Peruvian Theologian Gustavo Gutierrez and the Social Factor
The Ukraine War of 2022: More Nuance and Insight than the News
Liberation Theology: Some Theological Themes
Valentine's Day: A Mushy Three Minute Love Story
Is Whoopi Goldberg Black? Are Jews White? What do we mean by Race? And why did Whoopi get Suspended from The View?
A Year of Podcasting. First Anniversary Report to Listeners.
RIP F. W. De Klerk, the Last White President of South Africa. And the Logic of Apartheid.
John Paul II. A Legendary Pope
How Democracies Die. Understanding the Insurrection of January 6, 2021
Archbishop Desmond Tutu. the Moral Giant, who created the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
A Christmas Gift For You. The Story of The Rudolph Song. With Commentary
Christmas Songs: Who? What? When? Where? Why?
Vatican II: The Catholic Church Transformed
Roe v Wade. The Mississippi Challenge Now Before the Supreme Court
Closing a Church. A unique and significant Dearborn congregation doing things no other congregation was doing.
From the Other Side of the Desk. Stories of Memorable Students.
Biography of a Graveyard. What you can learn from 829 gravestones dating back 16 decades.
Religion And Politics 11. Rerum Novarum. The 1891 Papal Encyclical that Pulled the Church into the Modern Age.
Why Sexual Misconduct Investigations Go Wrong (Please read the introduction)
General Colin Powell. Some Reflections and Thoughts
Four Fun Stories. Two about Halloween
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 22. Suppressing Dissent.
Religion and Politics 10. How a Pope is Elected
Why are Darwin and Evolution So Controversial and So Politicized in the US?
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 21. The Palestinian Refugees of 1948. A Detailed Briefing. Third podcast of three on the Palestine War of 1948.
Hannah Arendt. A Great Intellectual and a Controversial Woman. (Suggestion: Watch the movie, Read the book).
September 11. Part II. After 9/11. A Talk to the Campus. A Talk to the Archdiocese. Reactions.
September 11. Recollections and Reflections from That Day in 2001
Religion and Politics 9: Abram Leon. A Marxian Analysis of The Jewish Question
The Israel Lobby and U. S. Foreign Policy. Introducing Mearsheimer and Walt, Two of America's Premier Strategic Thinkers
An English Vacation in the Lake District: Meeting the Queen (well, almost), Visiting Wordsworth's Grave and a Stone Circle, and Climbing The Mighty Helvelyn
Afghanistan: A Background Briefing
Religion and Politics 8. Marx on Religion. Not What You Think
A Black President. Thoughts the Day After Obama's Election, 2008.
The Satanic Verses: Salman Rushdie, Ayatollah Khomeini, and the Fatwa to Kill Rushdie
Six Months and Counting. A Report to Podcast Listeners
Gilead. My Favorite Novel. Suggestion: Listen to the podcast, then read the book.
Black Political Leaders. A Profile of Nine Different Personalities and Nine Different Styles
When Ron met Jane. A Story of Courtship in the 1960s
Religion and Politics 7. Osama bin Laden's 1996 Declaration of War on the United States.
Israeli-Palestine Conflict 20: The Holocaust. Eight Key Points
Religion and Politics 6. The Catholic Church. Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask. .
Black Intellectual Leaders
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 19. Paradigm Lost by Ian Lustick. Why Israel threw away the possibility of a Two-State Solution.
Religion and Politics 5. Background to Osama bin Laden and his Declaration of War on the U. S.
Pete Seeger, one of the great protest singers, and what happened when he sang "Knee Deep in The Big Muddy" on national television just after the Tet Offensive
Religion and Politics 4. The Book of Daniel. A Biblical Critique of Religious Uprisings.
Religion and Politics 3. The Maccabees Uprising
How to Write. Lessons Learned Along the Way
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 18. Beirut's Sabra and Shatilla Massacre. Israel's Kahan Commission Report
Lincoln's Greatest Speech. The Second Inaugural
General William Westmoreland, U. S. Commander in Vietnam, 1964-1966.
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 17. The Israeli Hard Right. the Kahanist Model
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 16. Al Aqsa Intifada, 2000-2005. The logic of violence, the impact of violence.
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 15. The First Intifada, 1988-1993.
Israeli-Palestine Conflict 13. The Black Swan Scenario. An End of the Conflict?
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 12. The Palestine War of 1948. What happened after the War?
The Concept of Genocide: Armenians, Jews, Tutsis and others.
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 11. The Palestine War of 1948. Israel created, Palestine erased.
Pandemic Orientation: A Talk to my Students about finding Meaning in an Age of Pandemic
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 11. Public Opinion on Jews and Arabs and Muslims
The Replacement Wars. The Ideology of Apocalyptic White Nationalism, Part Two
The Replacement Wars. The Ideology of Apocalyptic White Nationalism, Part One
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 10. The 1967 War
King's Mountain. A key battle in the American revolution. How guerrillas beat the world's most powerful army.
Richard III, King of England. His life, death, and resurrection
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 9. The PLO Charter of 1964
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 8. Theodor Herzl, The Jewish State, 1896
Bernie Klein. A Legendary Professor
Thoughts of a Former Terrorist (me)
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 7. Ottoman Views of Zionism and Jews (Ottoman and European)
Orville Hubbard. The Meanest Man in Race Relations
Religion And Politics 2. Numerology: Numbers in Religious Texts
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 6. The Palestinian Condition After 1948
Obama's Presidential Memoir: A Promised Land
Grandfather Stories (that I told my grandchildren)
Religion and Politics 1. Feuerbach and How we Think About God
Vernon Jordan: A Civil Rights Giant, and Power Broker
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 5. Ariel Sharon. Hero or Murderer or Security Threat?
Nelson Mandela: The Greatest Black Man of the 20th Century
Israeli Palestinian Conflict 14. Christian Zionism: Prophecy, politics, public opinion, Israel
Deep Blue: How to find my publications for free
Rules of Good Studenting
Israel Palestine 4. Arab Revolt of 1936, Part B
Israel Palestine 4. Arab Revolt of 1936 Part A
Impeachment for Insurrection. The Trial of Donald J. Trump
Israel Palestine 3. Background to Zionism
Israel Palestine 2. Three Narratives About Israel
Israel Palestine 1. A Podcast Series
Understanding Impeachment
Introduction to My Podcasts