Monthly Archives: April 2011

BP oil spill – One year later

Boston University professor Cutler Cleveland is director of  BU’s Center for Energy and Environmental Studies, editor of the Encyclopedia of Earth, fellow at BU’s Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer Range Future, and editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Energy. He is available to offer commentary, analysis and insight on the first anniversary of […]

Joseph Wippl on The Bay of Pigs at 50

Joseph Wippl is a lecturer in the Department of International Relations at Boston University’s College of Arts & Sciences. He is a 30-year veteran of the CIA. In 2010, he was awarded the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal, the highest decoration awarded for service to the US intelligence community. As the 50th anniversary of the […]

Tom Whalen reflects on The Bay of Pigs at 50

Boston University associate professor of social science Tom Whalen is an expert on the American presidency. He is the author of “A Higher Purpose: Profiles in Presidential Courage” where he writes about the moments that defined political careers of several US presidents. He is also a regular contributor to PoliticoArena.  As we approach the 50th […]

Mubarak, sons detained

Ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and his two sons have been put under detention pending an investigation over corruption allegations. Mubarak is being detained in his hospital room where he is being monitored for a “heart crisis.”  Boston University international relations professors Augustus Richard Norton and Charles Dunbar offer the following comments:

New details emerge on Sokol and Lubrizol

Did Berkshire Hathaway know about David Sokol’s purchase of 96,000 shares of Lubrizol before Berkshire became interested in the company as a takeover bid? Law professor Cornelius Hurley is director of Boston University’s Center for Finance, Law & Policy (formerly the Morin Center for Banking and Financial Law) and former counsel to the Fed Board […]

Obama to give speech on the deficit

President Obama will give a speech today to discuss the steps he plans to take in reducing the national debt. The following Boston University professors are available to give expert commentary and analysis: Tom Whalen, associate professor of Social Sciences; an expert on modern American politics and the American presidency; regular contributor to PoliticoArena. Contact […]

Gbagbo captured

Charles Stith is the Director of the African Presidential Archives & Research Center at Boston University and a former US ambassador to Tanzania. He offers the following comment on the capture by French forces of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo. “That Gbagbo’s end has finally come is good for the Ivory Coastl, good for […]

Ivory Coast forces impose blockade around Gbagbo

The internationally recognized leader of Ivory Coast,  Alassane Ouattara, has imposed a blockade around the presidential compound where Laurent Gbagbo, the incumbent leader who has refused to give up power, is hiding in a bunker. The following Boston University professors are available to offer commentary, analysis and insight on the current developments in the country. […]

Government shutdown: Time running out

The deadline is approaching on a possible government shutdown. The following Boston University professors are available to offer commentary and analysis on the situation. Tom Whalen is an associate professor of social sciences, an expert on modern American politics and the American presidency. He is also a regular contributor to PoliticoArena. Contact 617-353-4785, tjw64@bu.edu     […]

Heading to Fenway for opening day? Tips for eating healthy at the ballpark

Joan Salge Blake, Clinical Associate Professor of Nutrition at College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College spoke to Heart Insight, newsletter of the American Heart Association, for their piece “Hit A Nutrition Home Run At the Ballpark.”  If you can afford to, Joan recommends upgrading your seats: “The trend is to upgrade to more […]