Open Letter to the Executive Director of the Society of Biblical Literature
A letter to the Executive Director of the Society of Biblical Literature, an association with over 8000 members, informing him why the author will not be renewing his membership: The US Federal...
View ArticleUnited States Citizenship: The Hotel California
[The version of the song that I had up is all gone now, but this new link is pretty good too] This is the best version of the Eagles song that I’ve ever heard. United States citizenship is the Hotel …...
View ArticleIf Obama is a global citizen doesn’t that make him the President of the world?
The new FATCA legislation, signed by President Obama as part of the Hire Act, requires that every person in the world who owns a bank account declare whether he is a US person. Imagine if the Chinese...
View ArticleIntroducing the Isaac Brock Society
This the “About” page at the the Isaac Brock Society, which I wrote to explain the reason for the new blog. The official launch of the new site was 13 Dec 2011, and it was started initially by myself...
View ArticleWhat if ...?
Reblogged from The Isaac Brock Society: Petros asks, What if a prominent dual citizen was required by his second nationality to serve his nation. What then? Read more… 384 more words
View ArticleFATCA: The need-to-know basis is not satisfied
Reblogged from The Isaac Brock Society: Soon after I finished my PhD, I had the experience of teaching as an adjunct professor in Ontario. Eventually, I quit because I felt that the working conditions...
View ArticleDual citizenship and forced marriages, by Alison Symington
Reblogged from The Isaac Brock Society: Alison Symington, ”Dual citizenship and forced marriages” (PDF), Dalhousie Journal of Legal Studies 10 (2001); Winner of the Smith Lyons Essay Prize. Abstract:...
View ArticleSweeter than honey I: Introduction
David son of Jesse of the tribe of Judah wrote many psalms. One such psalm records the following words as translated from the original Hebrew text (Psalm 19:7–10; RSV): The law of the LORD is...
View ArticleNicolas Santa still in federal custody
Cross posted from the Isaac Brock Society. FAIRBANKS, Alaska (BSP) Nicolas (Claus) Santa, Bishop of Myra, has been in federal custody since his arrest at the North Pole on Christmas Eve, 2011. Fish and...
View ArticleElection day: Get revenge, vote!
Cross-posted from the Isaac Brock Society I am living, for now, in exile from my land of birth. In a new article at iexpats.com, George Prior explains my situation, “FATCA Critic Fears Arrest by US...
View ArticleThese are the Neanderthals that claim the right to tax you no matter where...
Some Americans disturb me. Yesterday, a commenter told me to eff-off on my timeline on Facebook. I had expressed opinions at Think Progress that he didn’t appreciate so he came over and told me to eff...
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