It presents the results of scholarly work in an accessible form, while at the same time responding to current events.
He may have been inspired in this innovation - if it was that12 - by a long-standing tradition that assumed parallels between state events and current events.
The journal is not, of course, concerned primarily with current events, and its production schedule would not allow it to be.
But it needs to be done if we are to seek to understand current events, including current violence.
Edicts against treating current events in books were issued in 1684.
Topics which the students chose to discuss in their paired e-mail exchanges included school systems, geography, languages, interpersonal relations and current events.
It presents results of scholarly work in an accessible form, while at the same time responding to current events.
Additionally, several of the case studies could add a new dimension to discussions of current events.