The Netflix series Lupin has garnered much attention since it first appeared. How many know that the character of Lupin figures prominently in a series of novels, plays, short stories, and that in fact a couple of the stories revolve around the master criminal up against Sherlock Holmes? (These two are actually contemporaries of each other.) For those interested in reading about Lupin’s exploits, you can visit this site where dozens of translated works reside. You can also listen to many of these works here. IMDb lists the many film versions of Lupin back to 1909; here is a trailer for “Arsene Lupin Returns”
Archive for February, 2021
How Senate Impeachment Works
This report from CRS – The Impeachment Process in the Senate – spells it all out for you. The Senate has its own site on the impeachment process; previous entries on impeachment can be found here.
Nine Open Access Collections Honoring Black History Month
Curated by ArtStor, these freely accessible collections provide a wide variety of material: Hip Hop Party and Event Flyers from Cornell; Tuskegee University Archives: The Chapel Collection that contains civil rights speeches from 1957 -1971; First Blacks in America from City College among others.
National Security Reports – January 2021 Update
The Most Dangerous People on the Internet in 2020 (Wired); ‘Really quite shocking’: Inside the ugly transition at the Pentagon (Politico); Focusing the Military Services’ Arctic Strategies (War on the Rocks); U.S. Maritime Strategy for the 21st Century (Armchair Seadog); Military Matters (podcast, Stars and Stripes); National Security Directive 1 (White House); Legislative Responses to Policing (National Conference of State Legislatures); End of Brexit transition: Security cooperation (UK Parliament Library); Cyber Week in Review (CFR); A Hard Look at Hard Power: Assessing the Defense Capabilities of Key US Allies and Security Partners—Second Edition (SSI); and Web Projects (many security related, CSIS).
Russian Cyber Units; COVID-19: Potential Implications for International Security Environment—Overview of Issues and Further Reading for Congress; Capitol Unrest, Legislative Response, and the Bill of Attainder Clause; Chinese Nuclear and Missile Proliferation; Status of U.S.-Russian Nuclear Arms Control Talks; U.S.-European Relations in the 117th Congress; The New START Treaty: Central Limits and Key Provisions; U.S. Role in the World: Background and Issues for Congress (updated January 19, 2021); Aviation Security Measures and Domestic Terrorism Threats; Caribbean Basin Security Initiative; Sifting Domestic Terrorism from Hate Crime and Homegrown Violent Extremism; The Open Skies Treaty: Background and Issues; U.S. Secret Service: Threats to and Assaults on Presidents and Vice Presidents; Coast Guard Polar Security Cutter (Polar Icebreaker) Program: Background and Issues for Congress (updated January 14, 2021); and Domestic Terrorism and the Attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Congressman Frank J. Guarini Library Blog 