Sunday, June 30, 2013

Higher Education After Affirmative Action

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So what would higher education in America look like without affirmative action? This is the question many are asking after the Supreme Court...
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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

The End of the Second Civil Rights Era and the Coming of the Second Great Disenfranchisement

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    With Monday’s affirmative action decision and Tuesday’s Voting Right Act case the Supreme Court has just about ended the second civil ri...
Sunday, June 23, 2013

The People v. the Plutocrats and Political Scientists

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    Everyone knows that the American political system is supposed to be based on majority will.  True, but only half correct.  It is actuall...
Sunday, June 16, 2013

Obama's Constitution

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            Barack Obama’s constitutionalism is not quite what anyone would have expected.   Far from embracing bold liberal notions of...
Thursday, June 6, 2013

Minnesota Republicans and the 2014 Elections: Opportunity Lost?

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These should be heady times for Minnesota Republicans.  The 2014 elections should be a great opening for them to make political inroads in M...
Tuesday, May 28, 2013

The End of Bipartisanship (and why that may be good)

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    Legislative partisanship is gone and that may be good.  It was probably overrated.     The holy grail of politics for many is bipartisan...
Friday, May 24, 2013

Partisanship at the Minnesota Legislature–How Divided?

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So how divided were the Republicans and Democrats in 2013 Minnesota Legislative session that just ended?  A quick sample of the numbers sugg...