The Democracy Seminar and Me
Reflecting on the history of the Democracy Seminar, the author traces its evolution from a semi-clandestine transnational network during the Cold War to its present... Read more.
Small Acts of Repair
Through personal encounters in Poland, Israel, and the United States, this essay reflects on the power of small acts of repair in times of political violence and... Read more.
A Nine Year Old’s Democratic Resistance: Korry Skipper – Miller at the Attorneys General’s Rule of Law Road Show
Early this month, on May 8th, I went to a “community impact hearing” called by Letitia James, the New York Attorney General. At Westchester Community College,... Read more.
Confronting Trump and Trumpism: 10 Observations after “The Morning After” / moving “Beyond Alarm”
Photo: “President Donald J. Trump, joined by the Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford and Acting Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper, watches... Read more.
The Democracy Seminar on the War Between Israel and Hamas
On October 24th, participants in the Democracy Seminar met for our monthly get together. These virtual meetings are informal gatherings, without an agenda. We usually... Read more.
Teaching Hope Against Hopelessness
The American University of Afghanistan and Me II Here is the second of a series of excerpts from the diary, recording my reflections on my online experiences with... Read more.
Afghan Diary: The American University of Afghanistan and Me
I have just signed a contract with the American University of Afghanistan as a University Professor. Last semester, I started working there as a visiting lecturer.... Read more.
Alexis de Tocqueville on Democracy and Its Culture
The dangers of a new tyranny of a minority in our time This talk was presented at the New School forum “American Democracy in Crisis: Perspectives from Tocqueville,... Read more.
Small Things, Deep Resonance
My Response A conference in my honor, “Small Things, Deep Resonance: The Sociology of Jeffrey C. Goldfarb,” was convened at the New School for Social... Read more.
Gray Democracy
I can’t depend on things that I have long assumed. Democracy in America, flawed as it has been, can no longer be counted on; social progress can no longer... Read more.