October 26, 2016 at 11:10 am
Still not entirely back to blogging (teaching a full load of entirely new courses brings me back to the worst things about being a new assistant professor….) but recently I participated in a panel at Emerson College on Comedy and the 2016 Election. It was very interesting, especially listening to the professionals in comedy, and […]
The amazing thing about modern science is how it is capable of continuing to astound us with discovery. Consider the dodo, a bird we have thought to be extinct since the 1660s. As a recent Atlantic article reported, new science has made some interesting discoveries about the dodo. (Emily Anthes, “The Smart, Agile, and Completely Underrated […]
It didn’t take a full century from the time the 19th Amendment was ratified, giving women the right to vote, until a woman became the candidate of a major party for the presidency. We left four years to spare. Forty-two countries have had a female head of government. It matters. Until now, we weren’t good […]
Some juxtapositions are just too good to pass by without comment. This morning’s Washington Post has an article by Stephanie McCrummen entitled, “At rallies, Hillary Clinton’s supporters are looking for logic, not passion.” It picks up on an important theme in this year’s campaign which might at first seem like a matter of style, but is […]
March 16, 2016 at 12:35 pm
Here is a longer version of an interview I did with with Margaret Waterman of BU Professor Voices on the results of the 3/15 primaries. As of this writing, the Missouri races have not been completed, but I’m looking at the current results and the New York Times Live Model. We’ve had quite a few […]
March 10, 2016 at 3:15 pm
Because a lot of folks have asked, a blast from the past: an article Dave Canon and I published in 2000: “Race, Gender, and the Clinton Presidency,” in The Clinton Legacy, edited by Colin Campbell and Bert Rockman, New York: Chatham House Press, 2000, pp.169-99. It focuses on Bill Clinton, but also discusses Hillary Clinton. […]
March 8, 2016 at 11:36 am
Part II of Gender and the Democratic Primaries and Caucuses Underneath it all, there is a real debate going on between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton – and probably even more, between their advocates and surrogates. But I am not thinking about the ones most of the blogosphere talks about most. This debate is class […]
For the moment, I’m trying not to think about gender dynamics in the Republican campaigns, primaries, and caucuses. Once it sunk to the level of seeing the relevance of the size of a man’s body bits – his hands and, well, you know — I want to think about more subtle gender matters. Suffice it to […]
March 2, 2016 at 11:53 am
Here’s my initial, quick take on Super Tuesday, introduced and in dialogue with Margaret Waterman in the BU Professor Voices series: Super Tuesday has come and gone, and Massachusetts voters (as well as voters from 11 other states and American Samoa) have spoken their minds. Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton came out largely victorious, but […]
February 10, 2016 at 9:51 am
An interview with Margaret Waterman posted this morning on the BU Experts site: Q: This was the first primary of the season. How can we explain the results in New Hampshire? VS: Tonight was a big win for the “outsiders.” Donald Trump had a clear plurality, and showed continuing strength in his “in your face” campaign. Unlike […]
