The United Kingdom is clearly running out of things to privatize. Thus far, in a few short months, the following has been passed or is under serious consideration: The university system has been effectively privatized by eliminating funding, though oddly without ceding control. Students face...
Dave Brockington
Alan Johnson, Shadow Chancellor, resigned yesterday in order to spend more time with his family. This is one of the rare instances where "spending more time" with one's family means.
of the senior Senator from Connecticut declining the opportunity to fail in his re-election bid is the retirement of Kent Conrad. Lieberman's retirement generated the news, Conrad's is more salient.
I arrived back on the island where I am currently based "yesterday" morning (January 11). I slept seven hours "last night", awaking at 11pm (GMT). I lecture in two hours or so. I'm sure it will go well indeed, once I work out just where...
is undemocratic and evil, unless it suits your agenda. Both houses of Congress tweak their rules on the first day of a new session. The rule changes for the 112th.
A superficial analysis of the House Republicans' pledge to vote to repeal health care reform is that it's nothing more than a symbolic gesture. While many might downplay their modest.
can be found over at UK Polling Report. They're insightful, comprehensive, and informative reviews of 2010 and previews of 2011 of the Tories, the Liberal Democrats, and Labour. Not surprisingly, Labour looks in a slightly better position than the other two. Oh, and while I...
I'm recently "returned" to Oregon from a week + in Kitsapland, hanging out for five days with my partner's family, followed by an impromptu three-night stand with my fleet of.
We can all rest easy now, because in the Cricket, normal business has resumed. An analysis of player performance through the second test at Adelaide can be found here. Dated,.
Australia 268 all out; England 29 for 0. Ashes Third Test, Perth, Day 1 of 5. England lead the series 1-0. It's not cricket that I don't understand; it's this cricket. England should struggle mightily against Australia in England, and when they pull out an...
when LibDemVoice somehow picks up a conference paper of yours (this one presented at EPOP in Essex mid September of this year). Long story short: the electoral consequences of raising.
For a variety of reasons, my time has been quite limited the past three months or so. Long story short, the job has been atypically demanding (above average teaching load,.