American Politics | Politics
Jul.31.2008
AN ANTI-TOURIST GUIDE THAT DEBUNKS SAN DIEGO’S SUNSHINE MYTH FOR LOCALS AND VISITORS ALIKE
Let’s just say there was a good liaison between city government and business.—EX-MAYOR OF SAN DIEGO FRANK CURRAN, ON THE 1960S
For fourteen million tourists each year, San Diego is the fun place in the sun...
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Jun.16.2008
The U.S. commitment to maintain Israel's qualitative military edge (QME) -- that is, the technological, tactical, and other advantages that allow it to deter numerically superior adversaries -- is a longstanding tradition that every president since Lyndon Johnson has reiterated. Today, however,...
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May.13.2008
Madison reviews Peter Gabel's The Bank Teller and Other Essays on the Politics of Meaning. Her analysis provides insight into Gabel's philosophical lineage, the postmodern lexicon and its roots, and the missing feminist perspective that haunts Gabel's work in Critical Legal Theory, political...
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May.05.2008
During the twentieth century, Americans have gone to war, abolished child labor, given women the right to vote, and created civil rights legislation. They have wept from the sermons of Martin Luther King Jr., cheered the home runs of Jackie Robinson, and stood amazed as women like Betty Ford and...
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May.05.2008
...a storehouse of information about all aspects of the presidents' lives.
– Oklahoma City Oklahoman.
Pledging to deliver captivating, timely reading and great breadth of information, The Handy Presidents Answer Book addresses more than 800 questions relating to the presidency. These range from why...
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May.05.2008
"This reference is a meaningful addition to the educational tools [for] students as well as general political observers and voters who want to better understand the issues of the day."
-American Reference Books
In these politically charged times, interest in the political process is peaking...
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Apr.23.2008
The very first writing of mine to appear between covers is an essay drawing parallels between the intrigue-filled world of Euripides's Orestes and the political and cultural concerns of the late 1980s. I hadn't reread this in years, and while it's definitely the work of a college freshman, I'm...
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Apr.23.2008
The subject of Huntington W. Sharp's commentary in New College of California's Law Review is the intersection of politics and media in mid-2000s San Francisco. This intersection is the lens through which Sharp surveys the city's history, introduces the major players at that time, and discusses the...
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Mar.26.2008
They have wielded enormous financial power and dominated world politics for more than half a century. They have been appointed to positions of great power and have been elected as governors, congressmen, senators and presidents. They have shaped our past and, with our country at war under the...
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Mar.26.2008
A shocking portrait of the 1980s, America, and the woman whose position helped shape the values and policies of the Reagan administration. Through over 1,000 interviews collected during four years of exhaustive research and reporting, Kelley reveals Nancy Reagan as a superb public performer, a vain...
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