us politics

Who ya gonna call when the libertarians come? from magistra 203 days old

A recent post on FiveThirtyEight arguing that US Republicans are moving towards libertarianism and away from cultural conservatism got me wondering. ...

Outcomes of stigmatising unmarried mothers from magistra 264 days old

Recently, several bloggers connected with the Atlantic website (Andrew Sullivan, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Ross Douthat etc) have got into an argument about ...

dr ngo on US fundamentalism: part 2 from magistra 344 days old

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 ...

dr ngo on religious fundamentalism (part 1) from magistra 348 days old

Another post by my occasional guest blogger dr ngo, giving an American perspective on religion, politics and history: GROWING UP FUNDAMENTALIST IN THE ...

Ethnic minority leaders: the historical precedents from magistra 369 days old

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 ...

Parents and politics from magistra 413 days old

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 ...

Anti-intellectualism in cross-cultural perspective from magistra 424 days old

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. ...

Sarah Palin and Theutberga from magistra 434 days old

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 ...

Baby boomer feminism and voting from magistra 645 days old

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 ...

Haircuts and virtue politics from magistra 915 days old

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 ...