The 2012 election is finally starting to heat up folks. Candidates are making gaffes (Huckabee vs. Portman), others are defending their past (Romneycare), the incumbent says he’s not worried (Good luck with that Barack), and Florida is already breaking the rules (Florida to lose convention). But what we can begin to look at that has … Read more
In the race for the 2012 Republican Presidential nomination, few have put their names forth as actual candidates. Many are still waiting to see what the others do, or feel it’s too early. So the roster is thin so far. Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House, has dithered his way to a website, NewtExplore2012.com, … Read more
Today the Crimson editors recommend that more concentrations allow non-traditional theses. They say, “a creative or experience-based thesis could, for many, serve as an even more beneficial experience” than the traditional research-based, analytical thesis. But the editors don’t say what non-traditional theses would look like in particular fields, though they assume such theses could be … Read more
David Gregory hosted White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley this morning on Meet the Press, and the two spoke at length about Daley’s efforts to avoid a government shutdown. Those efforts involve substantial negotiation with Speaker John Boehner (Surprisingly, Paul Ryan’s name didn’t come up in the clip). Gregory asked Daley a great question … Read more
Paul Schied played Socrates last week in his post and asked a number of important questions that we all need to be asking. And much as Socrates, he asked those questions without committing himself to any of their answers. I got the sense that he was torn in two directions by what seem to be opposite ethical … Read more
Mark Thornton is an Austrian economist and senior fellow of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, a libertarian academic organization dedicated to scholarship of the Austrian School as inspired by Ludwig von Mises. In the past, he has taught in the Economics Department of Auburn University and served as an economic adviser to former Alabama Governor … Read more
Theda Skocpol and some colleagues have an interesting article out exploring the Tea Party’s unique brand of conservatism. This point jumped out at me: The distinction between “workers” and “people who don’t work” is fundamental to Tea Party ideology on the ground. First and foremost, Tea Party activists identify themselves as productive citizens. We began our … Read more
Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Libya, Algeria, Yemen. It’s ubiquitous: the Facebook effect. The media loves talking about it, and people love to watch in admiration as Mark Zuckerberg receives all the credit for an unprecedented Arab revolution across North Africa and the Middle East. But who is truly behind the freedom of millions of Arabs, who … Read more
Just like most of the world, Germany has had a fixed eye on the political developments in the Arab World. Embarrassing plagiarism controversies aside, the German media has been following the revolts with almost universal support for the protesters, regardless of political affiliation. This may not seem surprising; after all it’s hard to justify the … Read more
Last week, Buckingham Palace and the White House confirmed that President Obama and his wife Michelle would undertake their first official state visit to the UK this year, from the 24-26th of May 2011. Although it is their second trip to the country since the start of Obama’s presidency, having previously travelled to the UK … Read more