A recent post on FiveThirtyEight arguing that US Republicans are moving towards libertarianism and away from cultural conservatism got me wondering. … more
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us politics
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Outcomes of stigmatising unmarried mothers
@ 2009-02-21 – 08:28:04
Recently, several bloggers connected with the Atlantic website (Andrew Sullivan, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Ross Douthat etc) have got into an argument about … more -
dr ngo on US fundamentalism: part 2
@ 2008-12-03 – 08:21:09
GROWING UP FUNDAMENTALIST IN THE FIFTIES Part II by dr ngo And then the 1960s came, and I left the church, and things started to change. I also left … more -
dr ngo on religious fundamentalism (part 1)
@ 2008-11-29 – 08:42:14
Another post by my occasional guest blogger dr ngo, giving an American perspective on religion, politics and history: GROWING UP FUNDAMENTALIST IN THE … more -
Ethnic minority leaders: the historical precedents
@ 2008-11-08 – 09:58:48
Barack Obama’s election is undoubtedly a historic moment for the US, but it got me thinking whether other countries had politicians from minority groups … more -
Parents and politics
@ 2008-09-25 – 11:15:32
The resignation of Ruth Kelly from the Cabinet to spend more time with her family brought back thoughts I’d been having after the selection of Sarah … more -
Anti-intellectualism in cross-cultural perspective
@ 2008-09-14 – 22:19:42
In a recent post by dr ngo at Obsidian Wings discussing the US election he talked about the anti-intellectualism of US culture and its political effect. … more -
Sarah Palin and Theutberga
@ 2008-09-04 – 12:02:47
I have been following the US election more closely than normal this year (mainly because one of my favorite blogs is Obsidian Wings), but in the past … more -
Baby boomer feminism and voting
@ 2008-02-06 – 22:29:53
Is there a good feminist argument for voting for Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primaries (if unlike me, you are eligible to do so)? I ask, because … more -
Haircuts and virtue politics
@ 2007-05-12 – 09:16:07
A few weeks ago there was a row in the US about one of the presidential candidates (John Edwards) having an expensive haircut. If I thought about it … more
