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Spotting domestic terrorists before it’s too late

February 1, 2022

The Biden administration recently promoted a new program designed to identify domestic terrorists. I wonder if a program like this …

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The top 3 books about Patty Hearst and the SLA (+ 2 documentaries)

January 31, 2022

The Patty Hearst kidnapping by the Symbionese Liberation Army was definitely one of the most bizarre events of the 1970s. …

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Sometimes it seems so little has changed

February 10, 2021

It makes sense that Camilla Hall’s letters to her parents became more political in 1968, one of the most tense …

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Radical moves gain attention

February 2, 2021

I’m excited to watch this movie about the trial that resulted from the 1968 protests at the Democratic National Convention. …

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Don’t dismiss female revolutionaries

December 18, 2020

Female terrorists have generally been thought of as only going along because someone (a man) has lured them in. But …

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Some historical context for political kidnappings

October 9, 2020

I’ve been following the bizarre story that broke yesterday (October 8) about the alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen …

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45 years ago today: Patty Hearst is arrested

September 18, 2020

Photo: Federal Bureau of investigation Forty-five years ago today, law enforcement officials arrested Patty Hearst, putting an end to the …

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Words out in the world (sort of)

June 22, 2019

Ah, progress. I reached a milestone this week when I finished a decent draft of the first two parts of …

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45 years ago today: SLA kidnaps Patty Hearst

February 4, 2019

February 4, 1974: The Symbionese Liberation Army, a group of eight, acts on a plan they’ve had for months: to …

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More than a fondness for plants and cats

April 11, 2018

This short description of Camilla Hall appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle on May 18, 1974 — the day after …

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