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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
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- 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
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- 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
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7 comments:
"I happen to think it's incredibly entertaining to watch him pitch. It's weird and different and fun." Here, here!
I've liked Wakefield since he debuted against the Braves in the NLCS in 1992 (even though he shut them down, I still enjoyed wathcing him pitch; still enjoy it today) There are some pitchers who are just more entertaining than others for numerous reasons. Maddux, Pettit, Pedro, Carpenter, Rich Hill for the Cubs looks like a throwback to the 1960s. I even liked to watch Mitch Williams pitch(how could you not? he looked like he was putting out so much effort on each pitch that he was going to die.)
Hell, I love knuckleballers and sidearmers even better. Very entertaining.
Paul --
Good points. My view simply is that I like good pitchers and that i naturally gravitate toward guys who are able to last a long time with success. Despite the vitriol of that original article, Wakefield has been above-league-average, and sometimes well above, for many years now. How can you not like a guy like that? Plus the fact that for Waker it is always team first is a huge factor in how much I admire him. he saved the Red Sox in game 3 of the ALCS in 2004. Without what he did, we do not win the World Series, period. And for a period of about 3-4 years it was never clear if he was going to be in the pen or as a starter, and he just did what he was asked to do. Anyone who does not admire or at least respect a player like that does not merit serious attention as far as I am concerned.
dcat
Derek
I wasn't insinuating that those pitchers are more entertaining than Wakefield, I was trying to say that I put Wakefield in the same category as those guys. He's been consistent (a point Joe Morgan might agree with)
Paul --
No, no -- absolutely. We are on the same page.
(Nice work with the Morgan reference, by the way!)
Cheers --
dc
How about Glavine v. Smoltz tonight?
Smoltzie picked up #200.
I love that FJM site, by the way.
1) Smoltz is a first ballot Hall of Famer. No doubt.
2) Fire Joe Morgan is brilliant. Even if you disagree with them, they at least respect you enough to provide evidence and arguments. When is the last time that a columnist gave you that much respect?
dcat
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