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StocktonAfterClass

Ronald Stockton

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

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71:17

Pope Leo XIII. Rerum Novarum (an inspiration for Pope...

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2025/05/08

Send us a text Are you interested in why the new pope took the name of an old pope? Is he sending us a message? Leo XIII was a modernizing pope whose most famous encyclical (1891) was called Rerum Novarum (New Things). This is a class lecture that I delivered on that encyclical. I discussed key passages and why it was so important.

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9:53

I Am Running for Pope. (Seriously. Don't Laugh)

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2025/05/02

Send us a text Back in 2013, when Pope Benedict stepped down, I was concerned for the future of the Church and threw my hat into the ring. I am not sure how many votes I got but the vigorous insistence of the Vatican that they had never heard of me convinced me that my impact was real. There were even rumors that my candidacy had been received better than some had expected. At that point I thought my religious career was over but when I heard that President Trump had declare...

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52:18

Interview with Adel Bsesio regarding his family...

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2025/04/17

Send us a text This is interview three on this remarkable project. The frist interview was with Amine Zreikh who made me familiar with this historical cache of documents -- deeds, maps, contracts, etc. Adel Bsesio is the posessor of his family archive. It is now in an archive in Columbia University, universally accessible to anyone who wants to use it for research or educational purposes. This interview focuses upon the archive itself, and the rich store of materials t...

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24:47

A Unique Story of Palestinian Land in 1948. Original...

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2025/04/17

Send us a text My former student, Amine Zreikh, contacted me about an archive of deeds from pre-1948 Palestine, and the effort to create a site where those could be stored. I conducted three interviews on this project. One with Zreikh and two are with Adel Bsesio, the custodian of those documents. He tells how he created the site and how researchers and other interested people can have access to them. This is interview ONE of THREE.

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52:18

Glitch: This is a duplicate of the interview with...

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2025/04/17

Send us a text This is a duplicate n interview with Adel Bsesio regarding the Bsesio family deeds and documents, now an archive. This family had extensive holdings in southern Palestine that were confiscated by the Israelis in 1948. They are now housed in an archive avilable at the Columbia University library. This is a fascinating story. Sorry I posted this twice.

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16:50

Pope urges American Bishops to pursue Christian...

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2025/04/10

Send us a text Just after being released from the hospital, where he nearly died, the Pope issues a pastoral letter to the American Bishops. He urged them to focus upon Christian principles, and to support immigrants as they face the actions of the Trump administration (which they did not identify by name). He said that a policy not rooted in proper values will start badly and end badly. This is a short letter, just 2 and 1/2 pages long. I offer some explanatory commen...

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13:32

Beirut Barracks Bombing, 1983

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2025/04/02

Send us a text There is a new book on the bombing of the Marine Barracks in Beirut in 1983. 241 people were killed as they slept. It was the greatest single-day death toll for the Marines since Iwo Jima. The decision to put these Marines in Lebanon in the middle of a civil war was veery controversial. The Joint Chiefs and the National Security Council were on opposite sides. Jane and I attended a talk on this incident by the author of the book. ...

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21:25

"Defeated and Overrun" The Israeli Military (IDF)...

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2025/03/13

Send us a text This is an IDF assessment of what happened on October 7, 2023, what went wrong, and why. It is a military report, not a political assessment, but it is very interesting.

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25:11

Ukraine War (Reflections at the Start) A Reposting

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2025/03/01

Send us a text My colleagues and I held a Faculty Forum when the Ukraine War started. It was done soon after Russia grabbed some provinces and the Crimean peninsula in 2014. This is my contribution. I listened to it when the current war started and found it still worth the time. With the current confrontation, and the Trump shift towards Russia, it may be of interest to see some of the long-term issues. This was reposted once before, about a year or so ago,...

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24:19

Should America Annex Gaza? President Trump's serious...

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2025/02/21

Send us a text President Trump has proposed annexing Gaza, clearing it of Palestinians, and turning it into a resort area. He seems to be deadly serious. This is a discussion of what would be involved in such a development. Note: There was a slight disconnect with the sound. After the introductory music, you may have to turn up your volume. Also a Glitch: When I was discussing a public opinion poll 15 or 20 minutes into the podcast, I said 46 to 31 w...

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22:16

Darn it, Kamala. I told you there was an iceberg...

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2025/02/06

Send us a text After struggling for three months to try to figure out why Kamala lost to Trump, I finally figured it out. Is this explanation too simple, or is it exactly on target? If you are willing to devote 20 some minutes of you life, you can judge for yourself.

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43:14

Classified Documents Taken By Trump. Case dropped by...

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2025/01/30

Send us a textThe Mara-Lago Classified Documents Case seemed to me to be the strongest of all the cases against Trump. Those were highly sensitive documents. Some were so sensitive that even their classifications were classified. As a private citizen Trump had no right to any of those. Moreover, he had tried to hide them, had urged others to deny they were there, and and had lied to the FBI when they came to collect them. In late January, 2025, the new Trump admin...

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26:27

Anti-Semite? Bigot? Enemy of Israel? Reactions to...

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2025/01/15

Send us a textWhen Jimmy Carter published this book in 2006 he was subjected to a barrage of vilification. As we look back on this book today, we might well ask ourselves, "What was the problem?" In fact, as we looked at the book when it was published, we might ask the same question. The problem, it seems to me, was that Carter was challenging the pro-Israeli narrative which presented Israel as innocent, committed to peace, sharing values and interests with the U. S., ...

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24:41

RIP Jimmy Carter. Citizen, Patriot, Peacemaker,...

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2024/12/30

Send us a textJane and I were on our way from Mobile (where her family had originated) to Andersonville, the terrible Confederate prison camp where both of us had lost relatives. She realized that we would be very close to Plains. Not only that, Jimmy would be teaching Sunday School that day. We went to that service and watched a Baptist Deacon teach a lesson on the diseased woman that Jesus cured. There were a couple of hundred people in the audience but our tea...

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44:28

Thoughts on Syria (December 27, 2024)

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2024/12/27

Send us a textI have visited Syria several times, running or participating in academic programs. These are my reflections. I noticed a couple of glitches along the way, but nothing that will not be obvious to you. (If the Israelis withdrew from the Golan, they would be replaced by Syrians, not Israelis. Sorry for that).

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17:03

Adam and Eve (And the Snake). A Creative Re-Telling...

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2024/12/21

Send us a textBack in 2009 Jonathan Goldstein wrote an entertaining book entitled "Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bible!" For those looking for orthodox teaching, it might veer a bit off base. But for those looking for 15 minutes of entertainment, maybe you will like this.

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47:26

Temporary Protected Status. How to Stay in America...

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2024/12/06

Send us a textThis is a different type of podcast. It is not me explaining someting to you. It is my former student, now an immigration attorney, explaining something to me. Shahad Atiya has practiced law for several years. She knows the ins and outs and how the system actually works. Temporary Protected Status is an exceptionally important policy, relevant to people whose home country has had a sudden disaster: maybe a war, maybe civil unrest, maybe an eart...

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5:26

Shall We Zoom? An Invitation for Sunday December 8...

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2024/12/04

Send us a textWell, I'm feeling good about StocktonAfterClass. We just passed 60,000 downloads. That is not many compared with media Superstars but to me it is an impressive number. And you are from over 130 different countries. I am not told anything about any of you except where you live but in the past when I have had zoom sessions, I have found those who checked in to be very interesting people. Would you like to join us? There is no agenda. Whate...

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29:12

Arrest Netanyahu? For Real? Here is a Summary of...

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2024/11/23

In late November, 2024, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and his Defense minister Gallant. Also for one of the remaining Hamas leaders the Israelis had not assassinated. This is different from the Genocide Accusation before the International Court of Justice. Note: The U.S. is not a signatory of this court so we are not obligated to obey its order. But almost all of the NATO countries ARE signatories. Also Note: ...

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62:00

Lincoln was Far More Discouraged Than You have Ever...

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2024/11/19

I can hardly read this address without getting emotional. Lincoln believed God was stretching out America's affliction because we as a nation had allowed grievous injustice in our land. Our punishment was a protracted Civil War that took 700,000 lives. Or to borrow from the great British song, The Streets of LondonHow can you tell me you're lonelyAnd that for you, the sun don't shineLet me take you by the hand And lead you through the streets of LondonI'll show you somethingT...

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