Monthly Archives: March 2013
Political Science N>>1, Anti-Poli-Sci Legislators 1
Steve Benen recently posted a piece titled “Coburn 1, Political Scientists 0.” It is catchy, but it is wrong. While US legislators do not attack federally funded social science annually, it is a recurring phenomenon in American political life (e.g., the 2007 … Continue reading
Today I Spoke to some High School Students
I spoke to some local high school students this morning. It was an honors society that wanted me to come in and speak about human rights, from 11:16 to 11:54. So I did. I planned to provide, off the cuff, … Continue reading
Just don’t ask for NSF Support
Below is a post that was sent this morning to the Political Methodology listserv. Note that the discipline is Sociology, yet the research is, I would guess, the kind that Senator Coburn would like to see universities and professional associations … Continue reading
Portfolio v Single Stock Investing: Pondering the Grad School to Attend
Over at the Semi-Spew Steve Saideman identifies a second reason folks choosing among PhD programs should not care too much whether Professor X will stay, go (or die). He makes the case for selecting the program with the best coverage … Continue reading
Will Professor X Leave to take a Job Elsewhere?
It is PhD student recruiting season, so there are a whole bunch of folks trying to decide whether to accept offer A, offer B, or what’s behind door #3. As they weigh the pros and cons of living in city … Continue reading
Dealing with Rejection
Rejection is a standard part of the academic experience. And I hate to bear bad news, but rejection sucks. To add insult to injury, academics are not unusually skilled at breaking the news. This is especially true in the job … Continue reading
Some Rhetorical Questions given the Full-Year Continuing Resolution of 2013
Now that the US Congress has passed, and President Obama will sign, the Full-Year Continuing Resolution of 2013, which contains the Coburn Amendment, prohibiting the Political Science program at the National Science Foundation from spending its money, I have a couple … Continue reading
A Student Comment on Gender, Bias, and the Socratic Method
A former undergraduate student of mine read my Poker Chips in the Classroom post and wrote to share her thoughts. This weekend I was in [city Q] visiting [prestigious law school X]… [and] while I was there over the weekend, I … Continue reading
Why Won’t He Clean? Sharing Authority Might be Part of the Problem
The Atlantic, as always, weighed in on the Mommy Wars today, in the wake of the publication of Sheryl Sandberg’s book, Lean In. It has a nice, crowd-sourced, hook: I asked a few ambitious, heterosexual working mothers I know to send … Continue reading
I’m not a Lawyer… Weighing in on Obama’s Defense of Killing Americans Abroad
The New York Times ran a story yesterday that provides an account of the Obama Administration’s legal justification for its drone strike killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, the first US citizen to be so executed. The recent leak of a US Justice Department … Continue reading
Will Opines 