How Dystopian Narratives Can Incite Real-World Radicalism
This story first appeared in Aeon; it was written by Calvert Jones and Celia Paris Humans are storytelling creatures: the stories we tell have profound implications for how we see our role in the world, and dystopian fiction keeps growing in popularity. According to…
China is using mythology and sci-fi to sell its space programme to the world
Molly Silk, PhD Candidate, Chinese Space Policy, University of Manchester This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. On the morning of June 17, China launched its long-awaited Shenzhou-12…
John Dunn’s examination of John Locke, a review in about 500 words
The Political Thought of John Locke-An Historical Account of the Argument of the ‘Two Treatises of Government’ by John Dunn. Cambridge at the University Press, 1969. 521 07408 8 The Po litical Thought of John Locke could have been called “My Thoughts about…
If nothing else, read A Preface to Democratic Theory
The recent passing of Robert Dahl got me thinking about which of his works I value the most. Although best known for his New Haven study and the resulting works that came out of it, [easyazon_link asin=”0300103921″ locale=”US”…
Country Club’ Campuses: A Public University Ex-President Shares His Second Thoughts
by Marian Wang ProPublica, Nov. 11, 2013, 12:53 p.m. James Garland was president of Miami University — a public university in Ohio — for a decade, retiring in 2006 after spearheading a number of changes aimed at raising the school’s profile and…
Firefly just keeps on flying
This is just to cool for words, so just watch the video: The real questions is, will it be as good as Elite?
The “GOP Growth & Opportunity Project”
Can the GOP pull itself back from the Edge? Loosing an election hurts. For the GOP the pain must be particularly intense given their belief that Mitt Romney would not only win but would provide the long coattails needed to move the GOP into positions of power in the…
No Income? No Problem! How the Gov’t Is Saddling Parents with College Loans They Can’t Afford
By Marian Wang, ProPublica, Beckie Supiano and Andrea Fuller, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Oct. 4, 2012, 7:22 p.m. This story was co-published with The Chronicle of Higher Education. More than a decade after Aurora Almendral first set foot on her dream college…
How I Passed My U.S. Citizenship Test: By Keeping the Right Answers to Myself
by Dafna Linzer ProPublica, Feb. 23, 2011, 4:31 p.m. This story was co-published with Slate. Last month, I became an American citizen, a tremendous honor and no easy accomplishment, even for a Canadian. After living here for 12 years, I thought I knew everything. Then…
40 years ago, we left the moon
I’m on the surface; and, as I take man’s last step from the surface, back home for some time to come—but we believe not too long into the future—I’d like to just (say) what I believe history will record. That America’s challenge of today has…
Let’s Teach Actual Science
“By teaching our kids actual science, we can guarantee the future of this country and its economic growth. By hiding it from them, by equivocating about it with them, by providing false balance between reality and wishful thinking, what we guarantee is a future…
Fun with Polls
To many people think politics is boring, yet nothing gets their attention like finding out how much money a candidate will be worth to them. Can you say “economic stimulus”? If that’s to esoteric how about “tax refund”? Or perhaps…
Robot Hall of Fame is Looking for your Vote
The Robot Hall of Fame (“powered by Carnegie Mellon” University) is asking the public to help pick the winners from it’s 2012 induction class. The contestants are divided into Education and Consumer, Industrial and Service, Research and of course…
Ray Bradbury Has Past On
In honor of Ray Bradbury who past on today June 6th 2012, here is my favorite Ray Bradbury quote: “Any owner of cats will know of what I speak. Cats come at dawn to sit on your bed. They may not nip your nose or inhale your breath or make a sound. They simply…
Capitalist Development and Democracy, Great Ideas but a Difficult Read
Capitalist Development and Democracy. Rueschemyer, Dietrich and Evelyne Huber Stephens and John D. Stephens. University of Chicago Press, Chicago 1992. 387 pages. Capitalist Development and Democracy by Rueschmyer, Stephans and Stephans is an ambitious work which…
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