Qatar is taking the heat for FIFA corruption Dan Hough - November 20, 2022 Investigations into FIFA’s actions reveal the global soccer organization has a long history of bribery and money-laundering. Will that change?
How Ruth Bader Ginsburg became a cultural icon John Schiemann and Bruce Peabody - September 27, 2020 Americans still long for public figures with extraordinary intellectual, physical and moral achievements.
Is it really time to scrap democracy? Let’s examine the evidence. Andrew Gelman - February 17, 2020 Roslyn Fuller’s new book takes apart the pessimists’ arguments
Can the president be indicted? Let’s see what the Greeks had to say about the rule of law. David Lay Williams - December 26, 2018 [caption id="attachment_81978" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III
Why authoritarian rule is not Russia’s history — or destiny Daniel Rowland - March 6, 2018 [caption id="attachment_70155" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Editorial cartoon by Joel Pett, Lexington
Why the poor don’t vote to soak the rich Daniel Treisman - February 27, 2018 [caption id="attachment_69815" align="aligncenter" width="960"] (iStock)[/caption] In a democracy, income inequality
The Founders hated excessive flattery. What would they think about the Trump administration? Daniel Kapust - January 22, 2018 [caption id="attachment_68334" align="aligncenter" width="960"] From left, Vice President Pence, President
What comes next under a President Trump? E.J. Graff - November 24, 2016 [caption id="attachment_50062" align="aligncenter" width="960"] President-elect Donald Trump waves as he
What Socrates, Aristotle and Leo Strauss can teach us about Donald Trump Sam Goldman - November 15, 2016 [caption id="attachment_49586" align="aligncenter" width="715"] The Death of Socrates (by Jacques-Louis
If you want a more powerful President Trump, impose term limits on Congress Thad Kousser - October 19, 2016 [caption id="attachment_48055" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump holds
Yes, you do have an obligation to vote for the lesser of two evils. Here’s why. Julia Maskivker - June 1, 2016 [caption id="attachment_41205" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] Emperor Palpatine from the "Star Wars"
How elections are secularizing Iranian politics Shervin Malekzadeh - May 19, 2016 [caption id="attachment_40789" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A man distributes electoral posters in
Bolivian elections get the Hollywood treatment, and now we’re discussing term limits da Silva and Von Vacano - December 23, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLZo_ILZhfk Bolivian politics are not usually the stuff of
Classical Greece was incredibly politically innovative. Why did it rise — and then fall? Henry Farrell - September 3, 2015 [caption id="attachment_29113" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Book cover (Courtesy of Princeton University
The rediscovery of this writer in the Renaissance opened the way to the modern world (and, more important, the invention of political science) Henry Farrell - August 22, 2015 [caption id="attachment_28837" align="aligncenter" width="228"] (Harvard University Press)[/caption] The work of
Why don't democracies take from the rich and give to the poor? - June 11, 2015 [caption id="attachment_25930" align="aligncenter" width="982"] In Thessaloniki, Greece, a man salvages
Why don’t democracies take from the rich and give to the poor? Vladimir Gimpelson and Daniel Treisman - June 11, 2015 [caption id="attachment_25930" align="aligncenter" width="982"] In Thessaloniki, Greece, a man salvages
Filibusters and unicorns explained Gregory Koger - September 26, 2013 [caption id="attachment_427" align="aligncenter" width="374" special=""] Image courtesy of The Metropolitan
What Political Science can give to policy makers Henry Farrell - January 3, 2011 I agree with "what Erik says":https://themonkeycage.org/2010/12/is_political_science_too_hard_.html below about the benefits
Congressional Wealth and Opposition to the Estate Tax John Sides - September 22, 2010 The following is a guest post from "John Griffin":http://www.nd.edu/~jgriffi1/ and
The language of politics: “Enhanced interrogation techniques” - May 29, 2009 Circumlocutions, euphemisms, and doublespeak play crucial roles in the language