Credited with policy

Yesterday Bruce [Luske] and I hosted the first "Luske-Volsky Show" of the season. Dead air could have sounded better. Our levels were jumpy, the guests were cranky and we were tired. Even the political website is defunct-- my current service provider, NetFirms is not compatible with the new script designed by TemplateTunning. I must buy a new provider and transfer the project. But even this is problematic.

Woxcom, the compatible server is having problems with their pay service PayPal. I have to wait for the problem to resolve itself before proceeding with my project. Needless to say, my sails are windless.

I've also been trying to write politically-- but every time I sit down to draft ideas, I distract myself with various forms of entertainment. Perhaps I should plan for today, before (and instead of) thinking about tomorrow (a.k.a. take Brian’s advise.)

At least my relationship is strong and my classes are fascinating. "Gender policy and politics" has proven to be orgasmic. We debate issues of gender in Supreme Court cases and study the impact of gender bias on law and politics. The readings generate high-level discussions and the hour and a half flies by in a minute. The next class is Thursday and I'm already itching to do the reading and present my case. (We have been divided into presentation groups to explain and opine on a Supreme Court decision.)

I'm also in sync with my "Terrorism" class (did you know terrorism was used in post-colonial liberation movements i.e. the Jewish fight against the British in Palestine and the Albanian struggle against France etc.?) and my "Arab Culture and Perspectives" course.

The latter is taught by a Palestinian professor with first hand experience in Lebanese refugee camps. Before watching a documentary on Palestinian refugees living in the Gaza Strip, I shared my nomadic history with Professor Hajjaj (this is a 3-hour night class so we had time) -- born in the Ukraine in '86, moved to Israel in '91 and to America in '93.

The DVD offered a humanitarian view of the Palestinian plight and visibly upset Professor Hajjaj. Our second instructor offered to show us "the Jewish side" of the conflict; professor Hajjaj glared at me accusatorily. As Brian said, when I relayed this experience to him, "you did set Israeli policy at the age of 6..." so we’ll see if my grade suffers…