Campaigning: Results Only Impact Republican Race as Democrats Use Caucus System to Appoint Delegates Donald Trump handily won Washington state’s Republican presidential primary Tuesday, even as he shared the ballot with three other candidates who had already dropped out of the contest.
I attended a public forum on politics and polarization Wednesday evening and a civil discussion broke out. The Humanities Washington’s Think & Drink program at Lindaman’s featured two political science professors from the Thomas S. Foley Institute for Public Policy and Public Service at WSU. The program was titled American Rage: Division and Anger in […]
In the wake of harrowing revelations about the CIA’s secret torture program, Cornell Clayton, professor of politics, philosophy, and public affairs and director of the Thomas S. Foley Institute for Public Policy and Public Service at WSU, critiques disturbing reactions. “The tragedy,” Clayton says, “isn’t that torture failed. It’s that Americans resorted to it. “Nations […]
U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) hollers “You Lie!” at President Barack Obama during his health-care speech to Congress. Conservative talk-radio showman Rush Limbaugh labels a caller a “slut” because she advocates insurance coverage for contraceptive care. Occupy Wall Street protesters portray bankers as criminals. Is American democracy in the midst of an “incivility crisis”? Cornell […]
Elections and politics Ad watch rematch: 6 swing states, 1 half-hour, 87 political ads NPR / featuring Travis Ridout, associate professor in the School of Politics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs In presidential campaign ads, political science meets excess The Chicago Tribune / featuring Travis Ridout In U.S. election, road to White House is paved with […]