Jimmy Carter spoke at Brandeis last night about his controversial book Palestine: Peace, Not Apartheid, and the event was a civilized discussion instead of a much-feared shouting match among Carter, Alan Dershowitz, and Brandeis students. Keeping it civilized was a challenge. Brandeis screened questions that students asked of Carter, and the organizers had to keep Carter and Dershowitz in separate pens: "Dershowitz was kept out of the gym during the speech, but allowed to give......

Brandeis University won't let director Jonathan Demme film former president Jimmy Carter's speech at the school on Tuesday night. The Academy-Award-winning Demme is working on a documentary about Carter. Given the raging debate surrounding Carter's book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, and the events leading up to his speech, the event certainly should be part of any documentary about Carter. Alan Dershowitz, who was going to debate Carter in the initial invite from Brandeis, is still......

Last month controversy erupted surrounding an invitation extended President Jimmy Carter to speak at Brandeis. The invitation was extended by a trustee with the suggestion that he make Waltham a stop on his book tour and have a little debate with Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz. Carter gave the idea a thanks but no thanks response. Carter’s newest book Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid was publicly criticized by Dershowitz who has asserted that the former President......

A peanut is neither a pea nor a nut; discuss. Today Bostonist encountered two versions of the story of the girlfriend who died after kissing her boyfriend (who’d eaten a peanut butter sandwich earlier) just over a year ago. The first instance came when we sat down to read the Health and Science section of the morning's Globe, the second when we tuned in to Day to Day on NPR. Regular Globe contributor Dr. Darshak......