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- Hey Jenny Slater
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- IOL: Independent Online (South Africa)
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Our Books & Such
- Beyond the Pitch: The Spirit, Culture and Politics of Brazil's 2014 World Cup
- Freedom's Main Line (Amazon Paperback)
- Bleeding Red: A Red Sox Fan's Diary of the 2004 Season
- Derek's C-Span Book TV Virginia Festival of the Book Panel
- Derek's Miller Center Talk on the Freedom Rides, May 2011
- Freedom's Main Line -- Amazon
- Freedom's Main Line -- Barnes & Noble
- Freedom's Main Line -- Kentucky
- PBS Newshour Freedom Riders Feature
- Special Issue of Safundi on the Theme of Southern Identity -- Derek, co-edited with Jeff Woods
- Tom: A Nation Forged In War
- Tom: Memories of Two Wars: Cuban and Philippine Experiences (Memoirs of Frederick Funston)
- Tom: Out of Bounds: Transnational Sanctuary in Irregular Warfare (Global War on Terrorism Occasional Paper)
dcat's Misc. Publications & Select Print Media Appearances
- Africa is a Country: Pirates-Chiefs, July 2019
- Links to This is American Rugby Live Match Reports From HRBC Vegas Sevens, March 4-5, 2017
- This is American Rugby, "How the US Beat Uruguay," USA Eagles-Uruguay America's Rugby Championship Match Report, February 7, 2017
- The Con Magazine (South Africa), "25 Years Since Errol Tobias’ Debut Changed the Complexion of Springbok Rugby," August 27, 2016
- The Herald (Port Elizabeth), "How the Kings can take more of our money and be profitable," March 29, 2016.
- Mail & Guardian, "US-style poll debates: Send in the clowns," September 25, 2015
- "Roof's racism blows lid of US denialism," Sunday Independent, June 21, 2015
- "Red Baiting Mandela," The Public Sphere, October 2014
- "Circus Without Bread: Reflections on Brazil 2014," Football is Coming Home, July 2014
- "South Africa's Political Playground," Guest Post at the Council on Foreign Relations' "Africa in Transition" Blog, May 23, 2014
- "The 2014 South African Election: Another ANC Landslide," Guest Post at the Council on Foreign Relations' "Africa in Transition" Blog, May 2014
- Sunday Independent (South Africa) "Only thing left for Zim voters is hope," July 28, 2013
- Fair Observer: "Hope in Zimbabwe," July 2013
- Atlantic Community Memo #43: "Security in the Sahel: Regional Initiatives in Pursuit of Long-Term Stability" (Co-Author) Web Version
- Atlantic Community Memo #43: "Security in the Sahel: Regional Initiatives in Pursuit of Long-Term Stability" (Co-Author) pdf
- Atlantic Community, "A Fight Club Approach to Policy in the Sahel"
- Appearance on China Radio International's "Today" Show to discuss "Obama's State of the Union"
- Appearance on China Radio International's "Today" Show to discuss "South Africa's ANC Reforms"
- Forign Policy Association: "South Africa: 2011 Year in Review," January 2012
- Quoted in Christian Post, "Can Egypt Become a Democracy Amid Violence and Uncertainty," November 21, 2011
- Quoted in ESPN the Magazine, "Industry of Fear," September 19, 2011
- ISN Insights: "The ANC: Historical Irony on the Horizon?" August, 2011
- (Quoted in) Christian Post, "What Will a Gaddafi-Free Libya Mean for Democracy?" August 2011
- (Quoted in) SportsIllustrated.com (example of AP article on Stadiums and Terrorism 10 Years After 9/11), July 2011
- ISN Insights: "Zimbabwe: New Verse, Same as the First," March 2011
- Foreign Policy Association: "Africa: 2010 Year in Review," December 2010
- ISN Insights: "A Tale of Two Elections," December 2010
- Impumelelo: The Interdisciplinary Electronic Journal of African Sports, "Ayoba! Reflections From South Africa's World Cup," Vol. 6, Fall 2010
- ISN Insights: "African National Congress: Dominant -- And Dynamic," November 2010
- Foreign Policy Association Viewpoints Analysis: "Obama and Africa"
- Impumelelo: The Interdisciplinary Electronic Journal of African Sports, "Stopped at the Try Line? Rugby, Race, and Nationalism in Post-Apartheid South Africa," Vol. 5 Spring 2010
- Foreign Policy Association, "Africa: Year in Review, 2009," January 2010
- History News Service: "Will the GOP Find a New Reagan?" November 2009
- Foreign Policy Association "Viewpoints" Analysis: "Disunity in South Africa"
- Foreign Policy Association Analysis: "South Africa's Elections" (Part II)
- Foreign Policy Association Analysis: "South Africa's Elections" (Part I), April 2009
- The Public Sphere: "Stadiums and Terrorism," December 2008
- Foreign Policy Association: "Africa: Year in Review 2008," December 2008
- Foreign Policy Association Analysis: "'Never Again," Again: The Darfur Crisis," December 2008
- "Never Again, Again," (pdf version, with footnotes)
- Foreign Policy Association Great Decisions Series Analyisis: "A Tale of Two Countries," September 2008
- The Zimbabwean, Op-Ed: "Hope Against All Hope" August 2008
- Cape Argus, Cape Town, South Africa, Op-Ed: "Should Tsvangirai Have Followed the Freedom Riders' Example?," June 2008
- Cape Argus, Cape Town, South Africa, Op-Ed: "A Classic Tragedy Unfolds in Zimbabwe," March 2008
- Foreign Policy Association Great Decisions Series Analysis: "South Africa's Magnificent Catastrophe," January 2008
- ** Republished as: "Signs of a Magnificent Catastrophe," Cape Argus, Cape Town, South Africa, January 23, 2008
- Foreign Policy Association: "South Africa: Year in Review 2007," December 2007
- Foreign Policy Association Great Decisions Series Analyisis: "The Vlok Trial and a Reconciliation With the Truth," August 2007
- Foreign Policy Association Great Decisions Series Analyisis: "South Africa's Regional Superpower Dilemma," May 2007
- History News Service Article: "In Historical Truths, The Road to an Open Society" December 2006
- History News Service Article: "The Unpredictability of an Unhappy Electorate," November 2006
- History News Service Article: "For Iraq, A Lesson From Africa" (With Tom Bruscino) August 2006
- History News Service Article: "Fighting a Cold War Against Osama bin Laden," January 2006
- History News Service Article: "Wilson and Bush: Unready Internationalists," September 2005
- History News Service Article: "Is Sharon Following in the Steps of Nixon, De Klerk?," February 2005
- History News Network Article (Reprinted from Safundi Newsletter): "Is "Imperialism" Really the Right Word For What We Are Doing in Iraq?," March 2004
- History News Network Article: "Super Bowl Patriots: A New Dynasty?," February 2004
- History News Network Article: "Hiring a Black Head Coach in 2003 is News? Yeah, Unfortunately," December 2003
- History News Network Article: "Bush Officials Are Failing Anti-Terrorism 101," December 2003
- History News Network Article: "Why Africa is Finally Getting Attention," November 2003
- History News Network Article: "Red Sox Blues," August 2003
- History News Network Article: "Back From Israel," June 2003
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- "The Supreme Court and Judicial Activism" revisited
- He's Back!
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- Time to end partisan gerrymandering
- Here’s Your Tip!
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- The war we cannot win
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- Warren Rudman and Consensus Foreign Policy
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