The New York Times and CBS News conducted phone interviews of persons who identify with the Tea Party movement. The full results, all 41 pages worth, can be viewed freely at http://s3.amazonaws.com/nytdocs/docs/312/312.pdf. The results are fascinating, at least to a political scientist. The Tea Party identifiers believe deeply in free markets. An astonishing 92% say […]
Research Note: American Foundation for C...
Back in June, I wrote of the American Foundation for Continuing Education (AFCE). I noted that Edward C. Banfield had written at least two short stories for this organization, which include: Edward C. Banfield, “Growing Problem,” (Chicago, IL: American Foundation for Continuing Education, 1959); and Edward C. Banfield, “The Case of the Blighted City,” (Chicago, […]
Tony Wright Lecture on Doing Politics Di...
This podcast video is “comprises the entirety of the 2009 annual Political Quarterly lecture of the 4th March; this year given by co-editor Tony Wright MP, entitled “Doing Politics Differently.” Political Quarterly is a U.K. journal that has as its editorial objective to publish articles on issues of public policy, aimed at the most demanding […]
William Foote Whyte, Street Corner Socie...
A Colorful Picture of Urban Life and Politics, by Kevin R. Kosar, November 17, 2007 Pair this book with Betty Smith’s “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn,” and you’ll get a great feel for what life in the poor part of a big eastern city was like between 1900 and 1940. While “A Tree Grows in […]
Tara Ross and Joseph C. Smith Jr., Under...
My full review of this interesting book was published by The Weekly Standard. In short, the book proceeds in lawyerly fashion to pile up Washington’s statements on or concerning religion. To this heap are added his actions (e.g., requesting that public funds be used to pay for Bible for soldiers, etc.) The result is a […]
American Foundation for Continuing Educa...
According to the Syracuse University Library, which holds the papers of the American Foundation for Continuing Education: Beginning in 1947 as the American Foundation for Political Education, this organization developed liberal education materials for study-discussion programs focused on politics, law, and international affairs; helped organizations, agencies, and institutions through consultation, program development, and leadership training; […]