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Pol 341: Videos!

Posted on June 15, 2017 by proftp

Hello, all. Here are a couple of videos in lieu of Monday’s class; we’ll (try to) incorporate the issues raised in these vids into class discussions. The Battle Over Abortion in Northern Ireland (12:56): Inside Mississippi’s Lone Abortion Clinic (15:40): … Continue reading →

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Politics, culture, and bioethics in the news

Posted on September 19, 2010 by proftp

Pol 266—still trying to find a paper topic? Some possibilities from the NY Times: Philipinos  working abroad. Accountability in poverty reduction: UN Millennium Development Goals. Living in a garbage dump in Venezuela. Manny Pacquiao: Boxer and politician. Remembering one of … Continue reading →

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Ain’t it GRAND to be back in school?! (228)(266)

Posted on August 10, 2009 by proftp

Hello all: The following are the required books for Politics & Culture (266) & Democracy & Its Critics (228): Pol 266/C301/D301: Martha Nussbaum, Women and Development, Cambridge University Press, paperback, 2001: 978 052 100 3858 Susan Moller Okin, Is Multiculturalism … Continue reading →

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Violence cancels politics. . .

Posted on June 14, 2009 by proftp

. . . and politics cancels violence. It’s a basic Arendtian equation. See what’s happening in Iran: check out Andrew Sullivan’s blog, The Daily Dish. I was never a huge fan of Sullivan’s, especially in his brash I-know-how-to-be-an-America-better-than-you-do phase, but … Continue reading →

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Grammatically incorrect (228)(266)

Posted on April 25, 2009 by proftp

More links: What a surprise: It’s teh wimmins fault, complain the Taliban. Why are teh wimmins the weaker sex? Maybe because so many don’t get enough to eat. As Matthew noted, dem pigs iz sick—and making us sick. Ah, the … Continue reading →

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Enough already! (228)

Posted on March 18, 2009 by proftp

Some thoughts while preparing notes on G&T’s chapter 7 (on liberty): *I wonder if G&T don’t unnecessarily lard down their theory, that it would in fact work better if it weren’t more open, closer to anything goes. One could hang … Continue reading →

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