Recently, Intellectual Takeout sponsored a survey asking moms and Gen-Y what they thought about various national security, energy, and, to a degree, Constitutional issues such as electromagnetic pulse attacks, Sharia...
Blog posts in political science
Posted by: Devin Foley on September 14, 2011
Dear Ask the Professor,
Students at our daughter's school were invited to the White Privilege Conference. I would argue that this is a very divisive...
Posted by: Devin Foley on April 20, 2011
Sadly, many in the media and on the Left are attempting to lay the blame on free marketers and limited government folks for the current economic mess and pending debt crisis. Some even go so far as to argue that the...
Posted by: Devin Foley on September 16, 2010
Having spent a number of years now studying political philosophy, one thing has become obvious to me: the prevailing dichotomy between left and right political systems does not make sense.
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Posted by: Anja Hartleb on September 14, 2010
In case you are wondering, under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), 275 billion of taxpayers’ dollars have been spent, and—lo and behold—unemployment has not gone down. In fact, according to data from...
Posted by: Anja Hartleb on September 13, 2010
Mercatus Center’s Senior Research Fellow Jerry Ellig gave an insightful presentation at Pepperdine University last year discussing the nature, scope, and problems of government regulation.
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Posted by: Anja Hartleb on August 18, 2010
Bell, CA, is a working-class town with about 37,000 residents. It is also one of Los Angeles County’s poorest neighborhoods; the per capita income was $24,800 in 2008. Yet, according to a...
Posted by: Anja Hartleb on August 2, 2010
Last week’s “Libertarianism vs. Conservatism Debate” sponsored by Students for Liberty and the America’s Future Foundation turned out to be a fiery discussion between knowledgeable and impressive students with...
Posted by: Anja Hartleb on July 26, 2010
A while ago, I blogged about reason.tv and libertarian comedian Drew Carey’s...
Posted by: Anja Hartleb on July 19, 2010
What’s the glue that holds us together as a republic? Is it government? Is it geography? Is it population size and diversity? Is it natural resources? Or is there something else?
To...
Posted by: Devin Foley on July 7, 2010