The Mueller Report is probably one of the most extensive legal investigations in the history of the United States. Certainly,…
The Horror of War – Part 3
Sometime in June 1971, an incident occurred that completely changed my attitude toward the US Army. In fact, I was…
The Horror of War – Part 2
It was Christmas Eve and it just so happened that I pulled guard duty. The post I was assigned to…
The Horror of War – Part 1
With all the violence in the world and the ever growing movement of mankind toward more violence, it appears there…
The Virus of Violence
In the study of epidemiology, one has an opportunity to learn about communicable and non-communicable diseases. This curriculum is usually…
An Anthropologist in the World Revolution – Pt. 2 by Keith Hart
As we approached the millennium, with the dotcom boom roaring away, I wanted to write a book that would sum…
An Anthropologist in the World Revolution – Pt. 1 by Keith Hart
Michael Wesch, an assistant professor of cultural anthropology at Kansas State University, well-known for his inspiring YouTube lectures and documentary shorts,…
The Real Race Problem – Part 2
On the eve of the one-hundred and eighth anniversary of W.E.B. Du Bois’ newspaper The Crisis, we are presenting, in…
The Real Race Problem – Part 1
On the eve of the one-hundred and eighth anniversary of W.E.B. Du Bois’ newspaper The Crisis, we are presenting,…
The Culture of Corruption
Many of us know that political corruption is not new to the world. It is an unsavory, human practice with…
Teaching Anthropology in 2018
Recently, a colleague contacted me with a very interesting and specific question. At the time, I was on the road…
There’s Something in the Water
A recent death in the family necessitated a return to the United States after living abroad for the past ten…
The Struggle for Power by Keith Hart
Book Review: The Rise and Fall of Nations: Ten Rules of Change in the Post-Crisis World by Ruchir Sharma, London:…
Anthropology and the New Human Universal by Keith Hart
World society today resembles nothing so much as the eighteenth century ancient régime that Kant had every reason to believe…
Gun Violence in American Schools
There is something terribly wrong going on in American schools today. A silent epidemic is spreading throughout the country like…
The Bitcoin Controversy
Most people have already heard of Bitcoin. However, very few know what it is or how it originated. Many people…
Brazil’s Dichotomous Treatment of Corruption – PT 3
Brazil had an opportunity to be a leading, democratic, Latin American country but lost its sense of direction. The political…
Brazil’s Dichotomous Treatment of Corruption – PT 2
After the end of the Brazilian military dictatorship, the Liberal Front Party (LFP), Democratic Social Party (PMDB) and Brazilian Social…
Brazil’s Dichotomous Treatment of Corruption – PT 1
Brazil is a country saturated with corruption. From the small, family-owned mom and pop neighborhood grocery store to the hallowed…
The Open Anthropology Cooperative: Towards an Online Public Anthropology-by Keith Hart
We attempt here to explore the relationship between anthropology, social media and public engagement through a web-based network that we…
Preface to the Coming World Crisis-by Keith Hart
Trump’s election has accelerated talk on the left of the end of (neo-) liberalism and the rise of fascism in…
What Anthropologists Really Do-by Keith Hart
The Summary The new anthropologist is a self-appointed people’s representative in the double sense of writing them up and acting…
Mess in the Middle East
Many people throughout the Western world do not understand what is happening in the Middle East. Much of the confusion…
The Second American Revolution
Well, it only took about two-hundred and forty years but the greatest fear of the writers of the Constitution of…
Religion and Economy – Part Two-by Keith Hart
We need to understand better how we build the infrastructures of collective existence, money among them. How do meanings come…
