Just sent this out to the Detroit Free Press. Though I live in Michigan and the anti-union bill is for Michigan, I think that my opinion is geared towards this issue at large–and all Americans. By the way, I’m politically an independant, but if you pushed me to run for office, and I mean really…
Good morning, Professor. May I? Enter. Come in. What brings you by? It’s all cleavage these days! Cleavage. Cleavage. Cleavage. Show me the reason, ‘Tis all cleavage, In political science. I’m snared! Cleavage—to cling to. To chop in half. Cleavages that cut. Noun. 18th century. Geological terms— If you put it under…
What has been produced by political scholarship, On American electoral behavior, O’er the past 70 years? Map for me the electoral research, And tell me where ‘tis going, Where they shall steer… The Field. I pray you have the time. All the time in the world. Then I’ll answer [with a poetic mural]. …
Professor, would you explain, Party formation? What traits do they emanate? For a long time, Parties were only from civil society classified.[1] As a result, This standard always implicated the mass-party sculpt. Along came Katz and Mair, Saying that the former implications weren’t fair. So a determination they make, That the…
Book Review: Ware, A. 1996. Political Parties and Party Systems At the sight of a future political entrepreneur… My friend, How was your flight? And the TSA? The first charged me for water; say,[i] The second left another disgraced. What brings you by? What questions are on your mind? ‘Twas a long flight, and…
Professor, I have learned that—that I am confused… Hello, my friend. Who was your muse? ‘Twas brainhand; rather, footemouth. No! Lijphart! ‘Tis a wise muse. How are you confused? For you told me that Democracy is engaged Behaviorally, attitutudinally, and constitutionally. But Lijphart…
This is an example of “Excellent Graduate Professor”–which was an assignment that I completed for Week 3. Pick a Journal and read an article about “class topic” in every decade. Write a 3-5 page essay detailing the progression of science from the 1930s to the present; i.e. 1936, 1946, 1956, 1966, 1976, 1986, 1996, 2006. Challenge: pick a…
Political Pipeline 