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Keeping It Real: Political Science and Public Engagement
My latest MPSA Blog Entry discusses my experience on a panel of political scientists who engage outside academia.
The Religiously-Unaffiliated Are Reshaping Our Politics
I discussed the growing ranks of “Young Nones” in last week’s column.
Rural Revitalization Takes Tolerance, Not Tax Breaks
… or so I argued in last week’s column.
Professors want to reform gen eds, but will students meet us halfway?
I asked this question in a recent op-ed in the ESU Bulletin.
Electoral College not going away
Democrats want to drop the Electoral College– but it’s not going to happen, I argued in my latest MPSA blog post.
Why don’t people vote?
I offered my thoughts at a recent All Souls form, and it was recorded and broadcast on KKFI: http://www.kkfi.org/program-episodes/votes-doesnt-michael-smith/
Democrats’ Unfinished Business
Democrats have found a new base in professional, suburban women, but shouldn’t forget their working-class roots, I wrote in last week’s column.
Jenkins Gets Her Beak Wet
Outgoing Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins wasted no time in setting up a lobbying firm. This makes her part of “The Establishment”– and the problem–I wrote in last week’s column.
Here Come the Democrats
Kansas Democrats won a qualified victory in last month’s elections, now they must get ready to govern, I wrote in last week’s column.