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Category Archives: Politics
The Wolves of K Street: The Secret History of How Big Money Took Over Big Government
Here are some highlights from this 2024 book: * Back in the 1850s, the gun magnate Samuel Colt attempted to secure a federal patent extension with the help of young women who’d been enlisted to entertain elected officials. “To reach … Continue reading
The Embodied Expression Of The Elite Attitude
In his Oct. 7, 2024 “Israel Update” video with the Hudson Institute’s Middle East analyst Michael Doran, right-wing Israeli historian Gadi Taub selected this as his dumbest media commentary moment of the week: “[Journalist] Ilana Dayan speaking on CNN to … Continue reading
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Left Eclectism vs Right Eclectism
Religion has become less influential over the past century because many people have found their needs for comfort were better met by secular alternatives to religion. For example, instead of explaining natural phenomena such as earthquakes as the will of … Continue reading
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Representations of reliability: The rhetoric of political flip-flopping
Joshua Bentley published in 2019: One option when a politician changes positions is to simply announce the new position without acknowledging any change occurred. Ignoring the flip-flop may allow the politician to avoid awkward questions about it, if the issue … Continue reading
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The JD Vance Pick
Tracing Woodgrains writes: [T]he GOP is looking to make an appeal to anti-woke Silicon Valley or finance types to fill the void left by the Republican Party’s competency crisis. Right now, there is tremendous asymmetry between the parties in policy … Continue reading
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2nd Edition: Predisposed: Liberals, Conservatives, and the Biology of Political Differences
Here are some highlights from this 2024 book: * Democrats: Sweaty, disorderly, offhand, imaginative, tolerant, skillful at give – and – take Republicans: Respectable, sober, purposeful, self – righteous, cut – and – dried, boring (Clinton Rossiter) * the left … Continue reading
Nationalism & Multiculturalism
In his 2015 book, Key Concepts in Politics and International Relations, Andrew Heywood wrote: * One key source of multicultural thinking stems from the attempt to refashion liberal beliefs to take into account the importance of communal belonging. In this … Continue reading
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Leadership
In his 2015 book, Key Concepts in Politics and International Relations, Andrew Heywood wrote: In some respects the subject of political leadership appears to be outdated. The division of society into leaders and followers is rooted in a pre-democratic culture … Continue reading
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International Law
In his 2015 book, Key Concepts in Politics and International Relations, Andrew Heywood wrote: International law is an unusual phenomenon. As traditionally understood, law consists of a set of compulsory and enforceable enforceable rules, reflecting the will of a sovereign … Continue reading
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Identity Politics
In his 2015 book, Key Concepts in Politics and International Relations, Andrew Heywood wrote: All forms of identity politics nevertheless exhibit two characteristic beliefs. First, group marginalization is understood not merely as a legal, political or social phenomenon, but is, … Continue reading
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