Moonlighting: Non-Specialists in the News from 2007



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[on Norman Finkelstein] December 11, 2007 - Chronicle of Higher Education Canadian University Hosts Israel Basher [on Norman Finkelstein at U. of Toronto] by Fern Sidman, December 2, 2007 - NoisyRoom.net Why Norman Finkelstein Would Have Tenure — in Israel by Neve Gordon, November 30, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education Why Does Anyone Care About the Oxford Union? [incls. Norman Finkelstein] by Oliver Burkeman, November 28, 2007 - The Guardian Finkelstein the Sexist by Alan M. Dershowitz, November 23, 2007 - Frontpage Magazine Controversial Speakers Make Waves on Campuses [incl. Norman Finkelstein] by Sheri Shefa, November 20, 2007 - The Canadian Jewish News A Bizarre and Unsupported Argument [on Norman Finkelstein] by Seffy Muller, November 19, 2007 - The Daily Princetonian Oxford's Not-So-Bright Students [on Oxord Union debate, incls. Norman Finkelstein] by Geoffrey Alderman, November 9, 2007 - The Jewish Chronicle Princeton Groups Sponsor Anti-Israel Speech [on Norman Finkelstein, refs. Princeton's Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies] by Marilyn Silverstein, November 8, 2007 - NJ Jewish News One-State Plan Defeated at Oxford Debate [incls. Norman Finkelstein] October 29, 2007 - Jewish Telegraph Agency (JTA) Speakers Snub Oxford Debate in Panel Row [incls. Norman Finkelstin] by Nathan Jeffay, October 26, 2007 - The Jewish Chronicle Oxford Union Is Dead [refs. Norman Finkelstein] by Alan M. Dershowitz, October 19, 2007 - Frontpage Magazine The Israel Lobby Destroys Academic Freedom? [on University of Chicago conference, incl. Norman Finkelstein] by Anthony Paletta, October 19, 2007 - Minding the Campus U of M Launches Canada's First Mideast Studies Chair [on University of Manitoba] by Rhonda Spivak, October 17, 2007 - The Canadian Jewish News The ‘Diversity' of Ideas Lie at UC Davis [incls. Norman Finkelstein] by Richard L. Cravatts, October 16, 2007 - Intellectual Conservative The Finkelstein Affair [on former DePaul professor Norman Finkelstein] by David Bernstein, October 2, 2007 - The Volokh Conspiracy Profile of Marc H. Ellis: Director of the Center for American and Jewish Studies at Baylor University September 19, 2007 - DiscoverTheNetworks.org The Passion of Norman Finkelstein by Steven Plaut, September 17, 2007 - FrontPage Magazine The "Fink" in Finkelstein [on Norman Finkelstein] by Ryan Masse, September 13, 2007 - The Badger Herald (Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison) Israel/Palestine, week 1 [on "Israel/Palestine Legal Issues," a course at Harvard Law taught by Duncan Kennedy] by Joel Pollak, September 12, 2007 - Guide to the Perplexed Blog Michigan Resumes Distribution of Anti-Israel Book [on "Overcoming Zionism" by Joel Kovel; Pluto Press] by Scott Jaschik, September 12, 2007 - Inside Higher Ed Anti-Zionist Book Will Be Distributed in U.S. [on Joel Kovel, "Overcoming Zionism"; University of Michigan Press; Pluto Press) by Elizabeth Green, September 12, 2007 - The New York Sun The Next Piece of Housekeeping for DePaul? [on Norman Finkelstein] by Steven Plaut, September 6, 2007 - FrontPage Magazine Finkelstein and DePaul Settle by Scott Jaschik, September 6, 2007 - Inside Higher Ed DePaul University's Finkelstein Quits September 6, 2007 - Jewish Telegraphic Agency Tenure Dispute at DePaul Ends With a Settlement and Professor's Resignation [on Norman Finkelstein] by Paula Wasley, September 6, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education Embattled US Professor Who Accused Jews of Using Holocaust to Stifle Criticism Agrees to Resign [on Norman Finkelstein] September 5, 2007 - Associated Press DePaul, Embattled Professor Settle Dispute [on Norman Finkelstein] by Ron Grossman, September 5, 2007 - Chicago Tribune Finkelstein Resigns at DePaul U., After Deal Forestalls Threats to Defy University [on Norman Finkelstein] by Paula Wasley, September 5, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education DePaul U. Memos Accuse Professor in Tenure Dispute of Being Disruptive [on Norman Finkelstein] by Elizabeth F. Farrell, September 4, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education DePaul Memos Tell of Run-Ins with Professor [on Norman Finkelstein] by Ron Grossman, September 3, 2007 - Chicago Tribune Defending Fink [on Norman Finkelstein] by Marty Peretz, September 2, 2007 - The New Republic Denial of Tenure Defended [on Norman Finkelstein] by Dave Newbart, September 1, 2007 - Chicago Sun-Times Controversial Professor Plans to Risk Arrest After University Cancels His Classes [on Norman Finkelstein] by Melissa Drosjack, August 30, 2007 - Fox News Walt, Mearsheimer to Protest Finkelstein Firing [on Norman Finkelstein] August 30, 2007 - Jewish Telegraph Agency (JTA) In Wonderful Company [on Norman Finkelstein] by Jamie Kirchick, August 30, 2007 - The Daily Dish (Andrew Sullivan's blog) Not the Norm [on Norman Finkelstein, Thomas Klocek, AAUP] by John J. Miller, August 29, 2007 - Phi Beta Cons (NRO) Holocaust Academic Vows to Fight Axe of University Class [on Norman Finkelstein] by Donald MacLeod and agencies, August 29, 2007 - The Guardian (U.K.) DePaul University Cancels Class Taught By Professor Critical of Israel [on Norman Finkelstein] August 28, 2007 - Associated Press DePaul Pulls Plug on Controversial Professor [on Norman Finkelstein] by Ron Grossman, August 28, 2007 - The Chicago Tribune Terminating the Terminal Year [on Norman Finkelstein] by Scott Jaschik, August 27, 2007 - Inside Higher Ed DePaul U. Cancels Courses of Professor Who Lost Tenure Bid, but He Plans to Teach Them Anyway [on Norman Finkelstein] by Jennifer Howard, August 27, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education CCUS Professor Looks at Middle East from Psychological Perspective [on Moises Salinas] by Lisa Kingstone, August 15, 2007 - The Jewish Ledger Tenure Decisions at DePaul U. [letter to the editor re Norman Finkelstein] by Anne Clark Bartlett, July 27, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education DePaul Flubs Up on Finkestein by Anthony Paletta, June 29, 2007 - Minding the Campus Students Will Begin Hunger Strike in Support of DePaul Professors Denied Tenure [on Norman Finkelstein] by Sierra Millman, June 25, 2007 - Chronicle of Higher Education News Blog Finkelstein's Sexism by Alan Dershowitz, June 25, 2007 - FrontPage Magazine DePaul University Students Fast for Academic Freedom [on Norman Finkelstein] by Daniel Klimek, Victor Lang, et al., June 25, 2007 - Monthly Review Finking on Finkelstein June 25, 2007 - Reason Online Outwit. Outplay. Outlast. Outtenure? [on Norman Finkelstein] by Dave Newbart, June 22, 2007 - Chicago Sun-Times Students Protest Tenure Denials at DePaul U. [on Norman Finkelstein, et al.] by Sierra Millman, June 22, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education Muslims Need More Creative Voice [interview with Karen Armstrong; ref. John Esposito] by Aniza Damis, June 18, 2007 - The New Straights Times (Malaysia) The Fight Against the Israel-Haters in Academia [on Norman Finkelstein] by Asaf Romirowsky, June 15, 2007 - San Diego Jewish World Norman Finkelstein: The Case Against by Alan Dershowitz, June 14, 2007 - Comment Is Free (The Guardian, U.K.) Students Ordered to Leave Chief's Area [on Norman Finkelstein and DePaul U.] by Dave Newbart, June 14, 2007 - The Chicago Sun-Times DePaul Chief May Face Vote of No Confidence [regarding Norman Finkelstein] by Dave Newbart, June 13, 2007 - Chicago Sun-Times ADL Reacts to DePaul's Denial of Tenure to Prof. Norman Finkelstein June 11, 2007 - Anti-Defamation League DePaul Denies Tenure to Controversial Political Science Professor [on Norman Finkelstein] by Ashley M. Heher, June 11, 2007 - Associated Press DePaul Rejects Finkelstein by Scott Jaschik, June 11, 2007 - Inside Higher Education DePaul Denies Tenure to Finkelstein June 11, 2007 - Jewish Telegraphic Agency DePaul U. Turns Norman Finkelstein Down for Tenure by Jennifer Howard, June 11, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education Outspoken Political Scientist Denied Tenure at DePaul by Patricia Cohen, June 11, 2007 - The New York Times Controversial Professor Denied Tenure at DePaul by Ron Grossman, June 10, 2007 - The Chicago Tribune Finkelstein Rejected from U.S. College by Yaakov Lappin, June 10, 2007 - YnetNews.com No Tenure for Controversial Professor by Maudlyne Ihejirka and Dave Newbart, June 9, 2007 - The Chicago Sun-Times DePaul Rejects Tenure Bid by Finkelstein and Says Dershowitz Pressure Played No Role by Jennifer Howard, June 8, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education Finkelstein's End by Martin Peretz, June 8, 2007 - The Spine (TNR Online) Radical Reverse Psychology [on Norman Finkelstein] by Alan Dershowitz, June 4, 2007 - FrontPage Magazine Student Group Petitions Against Prof [on Norman Finkelstein] June 4, 2007 - Jewish Telegraph Agency (JTA) Free Speech Has a Price: Common Sense [on Shiraz Dossa] by Dan Leger, June 4, 2007 - The Chronicle Herald (Halifax, Nova Scotia) Academic Freedom and the Tehran Conference [on Shiraz Dossa] by Sean E. Riley, June 2, 2007 - The Chronicle Herald (Halifax, Nova Scotia) Match Point [Noam Chomsky Vs. Alan Dershowitz on Norman Finkelstein] by Noam Chomsky and Alan Dershowitz, June 1, 2007 - The New Republic Online Canadian Professor Defends Attendance at Tehran Holocaust Conference [on Shiraz Dossa] by Karen Birchard, May 30, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education An Unstable Academic Threatens Alan Dershowitz [on Robert Trivers, Norman Finkelstein, Alan Dershowitz] by Steven Plaut, May 29, 2007 - FrontPage Magazine Name-Calling and a Canceled Lecture [on Robert Trivers, Norman Finkelstein, Alan Dershowitz] by Scott Jaschik, May 29, 2007 - Inside Higher Education Political Scientist Responds to School's Stance on His Attendance at Holocaust Conference by Laura Fraser, May 29, 2007 - The Chronicle Herald (Halifax, Nova Scotia) Professor Who Attended Holocaust Conference Blasts Critics as Islamophobes [on Shiraz Doosa] by Michael Valpy, May 28, 2007 - The Globe and Mail The U.S. Supports and Exports Racism--Because You Allow It! [on Shahid Alam] by Ami Isseroff, May 28, 2007 - Zionism and Israel News Scientist Says Harvard Canceled Talk [on Robert Trivers, Norman Finkelstein, & Alan Dershowitz] by Marcella Bombardieri and Brian Ballou, May 27, 2007 - The Boston Globe Dershowitz V. Finkelstein by Pauline Dubkin Yearwood, May 25, 2007 - The Chicago Jewish News Taking the Bait [on Norman Finkelstein] by Alan Dershowitz, May 21, 2007 - The New Republic Democracy Not! [Dershowitz on Finkelstein] by Alan Dershowitz, May 16, 2007 - Frontpage Magazine Distortions Fill the Air at Colleges [references Norman Finkelstein] by Marcos Bretón, May 16, 2007 - Sacramento Bee Author is Invited by Muslim Student Group to Discuss Jewish 'Exploitation' of the Holocaust [on Norman Finkelstein] by Stephen Magagnini, May 15, 2007 - Sacramento Bee Finkelstein Brings ASUCD-Funded Hate Speech by Shira Rawlinson, May 15, 2007 - The California Aggie (UC Davis) UC Davis Campus in Jewish-Muslim Spat [on Norman Finkelstein] May 15, 2007 - The Washington Times (UPI) Tenure or trouble? [on Norman Finkelstein] by Dave Newbart, May 14, 2007 - Chicago Sun-Times What Does Kanan Makiya Think Now About the Iraq War? by Thomas Padilla, May 14, 2007 - History News Network Principal Says "Salaam" to Gibran School [on Khalil Gibran Academy] by Dana Rubenstein and Ariella Cohen, May 12, 2007 - The Brooklyn Paper DePaul's Disgrace [on Norman Finkelstein] by Martin Peretz, May 12, 2007 - The Spine (TNR Online) Steve Emerson and Alan Colmes Go at it Over Anti-Semitic DePaul Professor [on Norman Finkelstein] by Bryan, May 11, 2007 - Hot Air Academic Questions [on Norman Finkelstein] by Editorial, May 10, 2007 - The Jewish Exponent (Philadelphia) Academic Repression Update / A Question of Scholarship: On the Tenure Controversy of Prof. Norman G. Finkelstein by Christopher Brown, May 4, 2007 - The Advocate (CUNY Graduate Center) Finkelstein's Bigotry by Alan Dershowitz, May 4, 2007 - The Wall Street Journal The Unsolicited Outside Letter; A Regular Part of the University Tenure and Appointment Process [on Norman Finkelstein, Alan Dershowitz, et al.] by Emmet Trueman, May 2, 2007 - Solomonia Blog The Chutzpah Industry [on Finklestein and Dershowitz] by Jon Wiener, May 2, 2007 - The Nation Finkelstein Distorts Facts to Fit Agenda by Benjamin Berg, May 1, 2007 - The Justice (Brandeis Univ.) Finkelstein Calls Israel a Human Rights Abuser, Following Brief Protest [on Finkelstein's lecture at Brandeis] by Lital Shair, May 1, 2007 - The Justice (Brandeis Univ.) Finkelstein Discusses Israel's Human Rights Record [also Jimmy Carter] by David Pepose, April 27, 2007 - The Brandeis Hoot Up for Tenure and Under Fire [on Norman Finkelstein] by Michael Scharff, April 20, 2007 - The Daily Princetonian Dershowitz, Finkelstein, and a Bitter Tenure Battle by Michael Lando, April 19, 2007 - The Jerusalem Post Motivated by Hate [on Finkelstein's talk at the University of Massachusetts] by Ben Duffy, April 18, 2007 - The Daily Collegian Finkelstein Gives Impassioned Talk by Andrea Milne, April 17, 2007 - The Bi-College News (Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges) Administration Wants to Be Notifield Before High-Profile Speakers Are Invited [on Jimmy Carter; ref. to Norman Finkelstein] by Dan Hirschhorn, April 17, 2007 - The Justice (Brandeis Univ.) Stanford University Officials Bar Public from Panel Featuring 'Ex-Terrorists' [references Finkelstein] by Nanette Asimov, April 13, 2007 - San Francisco Chronicle Inspiration Under Attack [on Norman Finkelstein] by Claire Sherman, April 13, 2007 - The DePaulia Finkelstein In Nasty Tenure Battle by Stewart Ain, April 13, 2007 - The Jewish Week Harvard Law Professor Works to Disrupt Tenure Bid of Longtime Nemesis at DePaul U. [on Alan Dershowitz & Norman Finkelstein] by Jennifer Howard, April 5, 2007 - Chronicle of Higher Education Will America's Largest Catholic University Give Tenure to a Fan of the Hezbollah? [on Norman Finkelstein] by Steven Plaut, April 5, 2007 - FrontPage Magazine Furor Over Norm Finkelstein by Scott Jaschik, April 3, 2007 - Inside Higher Education Upcoming Lecture Puts Bryn Mawr in the News [on Norman Finkelstein] by Andrea Milne, April 3, 2007 - The Bi-College News (Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges) Palestine Day Engages Students [campus events ahead of lecture by Norman Finkelstein at Bryn Mawr] by Andrea Milne, April 3, 2007 - The Bi-College News (Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges) Professor Whose Works on Israel Stirred Controversy Is in Tenure Fight With DePaul U. [on Norman Finkelstein] by Jennifer Howard, April 2, 2007 - Chronicle of Higher Education Appearance of Staunch Israel Critic Sends Penn Campus Into a Tailspin [on Norman Finkelstein at Penn] by Bryan Schwartzman, March 29, 2007 - The Jewish Exponent (Philadelphia) Behind New Sponsors, Controversial Middle East Writer Norman Finkelstein to Speak by Miranda Neubauer, March 27, 2007 - The Justice (Brandeis Univ.) A Campus Divided Over Israel [on speakers at Brandeis] by Sierra Millman, March 23, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education Letters to the Editor: [on Norman Finkelstein, Alan Dershowitz, Avery Goldstein] by Susan Landau, et al., March 23, 2007 - The Daily Pennsylanian Finkelstein Receives Support; Speech Back On by Miranda Neubauer, March 23, 2007 - The Justice (Brandeis Univ.) Letters to the Editor: Norman Finkelstein [on his lecture at Penn] by Stephen Gale, Barry Morrison, et al., March 22, 2007 - The Daily Pennsylanian Terror Supporter and Antisemitic Conspiracy Theorist Teaches at Dalton State College, Georgia [on Hassan A. El-Najjar] by Rusty Shakelford, March 22, 2007 - The Jawa Report Poli Sci Department Sponsorship Unduly Legitimizes Finkelstein's Work by Julie Siegel, March 21, 2007 - The Buzz (at the Daily Pennsylvanian) Amid Debates, Contentious Prof Speaks [on Norman Finkelstein at Penn] by Rebecca Kaplan, March 21, 2007 - The Daily Pennsylanian Norman Finkelstein Gives Lecture on Israeli/Palestinian Conflict by Roger Weber, March 21, 2007 - The Daily Pennsylanian Fostering Dialogue: The Political Science Department Was Justified in Bringing Norman Finkelstein by Opinion Board, March 21, 2007 - The Daily Pennsylanian Upholding Academic Freedom [on Norman Finkelstein at Penn] by Avery Goldstein, March 21, 2007 - The Daily Pennsylanian UA Avoids Debate on Divisive Speaker [on Norman Finkelstein] by Rebecca Kaplan, March 20, 2007 - The Daily Pennsylanian Letters to the Editor: Norman Finkelstein by Ezra Billinkoff, Shira Goldberg, Max Schapiro, March 20, 2007 - The Daily Pennsylanian Letters to the Editor: Norman Finkelstein by Matthew Richman, Sara Barclay, Alexis Orenstein, March 20, 2007 - The Daily Pennsylanian Letter to the Editor: Finkelstein Is Dishonest and "Inimical" to Truth by Jonathan Abbett, March 20, 2007 - The Justice (Brandeis Univ.) Would the Political Science Department Invite David Duke? [on Norman Finkelstein at Penn] by Alan Dershowitz, March 19, 2007 - The Daily Pennsylanian Radical Student Alliance/SDS Disavows Member, Finkelstein Visit [on Norman Finkelstein] by David Pepose, March 16, 2007 - The Brandeis Hoot Timeline of Finkelstein Event [on Norman Finkelstein & Brandeis] by David Pepose, March 16, 2007 - The Brandeis Hoot Finkelstein Visit Loses Club Support [on Norman Finkelstein & Brandeis] by Claire Moses, March 13, 2007 - The Justice (Brandeis Univ.) Professor Finkelstein to Visit Brandeis after F-board Approval by David Pepose, March 2, 2007 - The Brandeis Hoot Tentative Date For Israel Critic At Brandeis [on Norman Finkelstein] by Larry Cohler-Esses, March 2, 2007 - The Jewish Week (New York) Post-Carter Showdown At Brandeis Over Speakers [on Norman Finkelstein & Brandeis] by Larry Cohler-Esses, February 23, 2007 - The Jewish Week (New York) Admin Rejects Finkelstein Visit by Claire Moses and Justin Sulsky, January 30, 2007 - The Justice (Brandeis Univ.)
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