It's the national holiday of France, today, remembering the launch of the French Revolution. And see Ann Coulter, " On Bastille Da...
Showing posts with label Political Science. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Political Science. Show all posts
Would Iran Nuclear Balancing Mean Stability in the Middle East?
I mentioned that I would update on Kenneth Waltz and Iranian nuclear proliferation when I'd read his full Foreign Affairs piece in hard...
Uri Friedman's 'American Exceptionalism' Neglects Mention of Frederick Jackson Turner's Frontier Thesis
It's a good essay (and it looks especially good in the glossy format at hard copy of the magazine). See: " 'American Exceptiona...
Members of Law-School Class of 2011 Had Little Better Than 50-50 Shot of Landing a Job
But if you graduated from one of the top 14 law schools you were sitting pretty. See the Wall Street Journal, " Law Grads Face Brut...
Prediction in Political Science is Doomed to Fail
If you study political science, and especially the more fundamental philosophies of social science that underlie professional political scie...
A Nuclear-Armed Iran May Be the Best Path to Stability to the Middle East
According to the eminent political scientist Kenneth Waltz, at USA Today, " Iranian nukes? No worries ": The past several months h...
The Growing Partisan Divide in American Politics
I mentioned Alan Abramowitz's The Polarized Public a few weeks back. I'm reminded of Abramowitz as we keep seeing more commentators...
So That's Why Forbes' Erik Kain Quit Politics and Started Geek Blogging...
That is, besides already being a buttfreak pissant geek. See William Jacobson, " Worst and Best Wisconsin Recall Predictions ": Wo...
U.N. Me
Via Blazing Cat Fur :
Why Colleges Don't Teach the Federalist Papers
Bruce Kesler has Peter Berkowitz's essay at Maggie's Farm . It's behind the subscription wall but check the top result at Googl...
The New Politics of Hostage Taking? Actually, Republicans Are Not the Problem
Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein have a new book due out next Tuesday, It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional Sys...
Why America is Coming Apart Along Class Lines
From Reason.tv (via Theo Spark ): And buy Murray's book: Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010 .
French Far Right Challenges Both Europe and Sarkozy
At the New York Times , " French Far Right a Challenge for Europe and Sarkozy ": PARIS — To win re-election in the runoff on May 6...
Socialist Francois Hollande Beats Nicolas Sarkozy in French Presidential Election First Round
At The Economist , " Round one to Hollande ." And at Telegraph UK , " Francois Hollande 'beats Nicolas Sarkozy' in pr...
France Entered the 21st Century Walking Backward
A fascinating essay, from Olivier Guez, at the New York Times , " Voting for Yesterday in France ": France in 2012 is an old natio...
French President Nicolas Sarkozy Predicted to Lose Reelection to Socialist Francois Hollande
The Astute Bloggers has been reporting on the French election, scheduled for Sunday, " HOLLANDE MAY DEFEAT SARKOZY AND TAKE DOWN THE FR...
The Rise and Fall of Japanese Industrial Power
With all the predictions of American decline this last few years, it's almost amazing to see this article, at the New York Times , ...
Society Coming Apart
William Tucker reviews Charles Murray's new book, at The American Spectator , " The Coming Cultural Disintegration ": THE CULT...
How California's Colleges Indoctrinate Students
From Peter Berkowitz, at Wall Street Journal (via Google ): The politicization of higher education by activist professors and compliant univ...
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Seeks Shift by Hamas for Co-Existence With Israel
I'll believe it when I see it. At New York Times , " Islamist Victors in Egypt Seeking Shift by Hamas ": CAIRO — As it prepare...
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