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Reagan Comparatively Defends the Shah – Not His Best Moment 26 Aug 2013 | 01:14 am
I happened upon this video clip in the midst of some research on another subject. Despite the Cold War and the box that was (is) the basic hegemonial worldview of American elites then (and now), it w...
Privacy Rights in New Hampshire 23 Aug 2013 | 09:35 pm
New Hampshire has an abnormally strong regime for the protection of privacy rights. It extends from strong wiretapping laws to laws prohibiting the retention of personal information in government data...
College Ratings. More Bad News for Academics? 22 Aug 2013 | 09:42 pm
In the past, there have been a number of Pileus postings on graduate school and the state of higher education (here, here, here, here, here, and here). Today’s installment focuses on President Obama’s...
Sen, Nozick, and “Breaking Bad” 21 Aug 2013 | 07:18 am
A moral dilemma from the popular TV show “Breaking Bad” illustrates a critique Amartya Sen made of Robert Nozick’s Anarchy, State, and Utopia and the reason why the refutation fails. In On Ethics and ...
“You’ve had your fun. Now we want the stuff back.” 20 Aug 2013 | 09:45 pm
As you likely know, David Miranda (the partner of Glenn Greenwald, the journalist for the Guardian at the center of the Snowden releases) was detained for nine hours (the maximum allowed under Schedul...
Presidential Election 2012 20 Aug 2013 | 06:09 am
For those like me who think macro-variables are most important to the outcome of national political campaigns, a new book by two political scientists will warm your hearts (even if you wish the electi...
More on New Zealand 20 Aug 2013 | 01:57 am
Eric Crampton has responded to my commentary on New Zealand (as one of two places with better long-term prospects for liberty than the United States) on his blog, Offsetting Behaviour. In essence, he ...
Breaking News: Otteson to Wake Forest University 19 Aug 2013 | 07:45 pm
[Cross-posted here.] Dear Friends, Students, and Colleagues: I have accepted a new position and will be leaving Yeshiva University. As of September 1, 2013, I will be the executive director of the B...
Rhetoric, Policy, and the Current State of Affairs 15 Aug 2013 | 06:56 pm
In my policy classes, I begin with a simple question: “What is public policy?” I encourage my students to view policy as a pattern of purposive public action. Public policy is what government does and...
Free State or Bust 15 Aug 2013 | 06:14 pm
On Saturday I moved with my family to Lebanon, New Hampshire. I am teaching for a year in the Government Department at Dartmouth College. Although my reasons for leaving my tenure-track job at Buffalo...
