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StocktonAfterClass Ronald Stockton
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Ron Stockton was a professor of political science at the University of Michigan-Dearborn for 48 years. His specialty was non-western politics and political change. He taught classes on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Religion and Politics, the Politics of Revolution, Non-Western politics, and American politics. He also taught in the Honors Program, focusing upon foundational readings from the 18th and 19th centuries. He has an interest in religion and politics and in the role of religio-ethnic groups in the political system. The listener can anticipate talks on Arab-Americans, Jews, African-Americans, the Scots-Irish, and Evangelicals. He has lectured and written on American politics, public opinion, and voting behavior and on the role of religious organizations and ideologies in the political system. There will be occasional discussions of books and films that address serious issues. And he has lectured and published and even taught a class on gravestones, especially those of different ethnic and religious groups such as Muslims, African-Americans, Jews, and Native Americans. The goal of the podcast series is to provide analysis and commentary by a political scientist to explain and make accessible political, historical, and cultural developments in the United States and around the world, and to give the listener analytical tools to understand those developments. It is also to entertain the listener.
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Request for Warrants to Arrest Netanyahu, Sinwar, and others for War Crimes trials
On May 20, the War Crimes Prosecutor Karim Khan asked the International Criminal Court for warrants to arrest the leaders of Hamas and Israel, and three others. This was a stunning development. This podcast is a discussion of what is included in that document. Later in the week, South Africa asked the High Court of Justice for additional Provisional Rulings ordering Israel to stop its attack on Rafah, to allow supplies to get through, and to allow teams in to investigate the is...
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Roe V Wade Overturned. A Reposting two years after the event of the Alito decision.
Two years ago we learned that the Supreme Court would reverse Roe v Wade. I worked through the leaked draft and tried to extract the logic of the decision. It was painful to see such tortured analysis. Some of those Trump justices had actually said that Roe was "settled law" during their hearings. That is a phrase that means, everyone agrees and it is not subject to reversal. Now, in May of 2024, Trump is running on the fact that his justices were the ones that tipp...
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Nelson Mandela Freed, 1990 A Reposting
Back in February of 1990 Nelson Mandela was freed from 27 years in prison. When he walked out of prison that Sunday morning, the whole world was watching. At least everyone in our house was watching. Mandela quickly became the world's greatest statesman. This is my assessment of his life and contribution. And of the two times Jane and I crossed paths with him.
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Comments to the Graduating Class
I prepared this podcast last year (2023) but did not get around to posting it until now (2024). It focuses upon the time a few years ago when I was asked to speak to the graduating class. The students were there and their parents. Plus the Chancellor and Deans and other luminaries. It was a really nice event. I did make one mistake. When I came to the campus in 1973 the state of Michigan funded over 80% of our budget. Today it is well und...
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Ottoman Perspectives on Zionism (and on Jews). A reposting
This summarizes the main findings of a book on this topic. The Ottomans had experts in Zionism who monitored writings and developments very carefully.This podcast has surprising findings.Note: This was recorded during covid times as a class lecture (when we were not allowed to go live).
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Evangeline. A Poem of Love and Loss by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Evangeline was a standard assignment in the 8th grade when I was a kid. It was long and had big words but we read it because it made us better people. This is the story of this poem, and of my experience with it. It is also the story of Longfellow, the most popular poet of his age, and of his poems. The Village Smith, Paul Revere's Ride, Haiwatha, and the powerful Christmas poem/song, "I heard the Bells on Christmas Day." Longfellow had a painful life, but h...
Customer Reviews
Trump indictment
Thank you for the podcast about Trump indictment. I hope people read it. What he did is so reckless just like everything he does. He’s such an embarrassment.
Outstanding Political Reflections
This is a fascinating podcast by recently retired University of Michigan-Dearborn political science professor Ron Stockton. Stockton draws on his reading, research, and direct experience, to give thoughtful analyses of political conflicts such as the Arab-Israeli conflict and vivid character portraits of politicians including Nelson Mandela, Barack Obama, and Orville Hubbard, to name just a few. You get a sense of how fortunate his students must have been, to listen to his lectures and benefit from his wit, scholarship, and humanity.
Good lectures. Intro music not so good
Insightful and informative. I enjoyed listening to the professor’s lectures. Strongly recommended. However, the one weak point (albeit more of a technical problem than a substantive one) is the intro music to each podcast. The music is annoying and distracting, especially when transitioning from one lecture to the next. The music volume is louder than the professor’s voice so I had to remember to adjust the volume down when one lecture finished and before a new one started or else suffer the blasting horns intro music. Seems utterly misplaced and throttles the listener out of the “academia” mindset. Please remove intro music altogether or consider a more soothing, non-intrusive sound. Thank you for sharing your years of study and knowledge!!