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Showing posts with label public policy making. Show all posts
Showing posts with label public policy making. Show all posts
Saturday, August 31, 2024

From the Washington Post: The quiet technocrat who steered Biden’s effort to tighten the border

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We touch on power in this class and try to figure out where it is located.  One possibility is that it is embedded within the decisions made...
Wednesday, November 18, 2015

From FP: Citing Paris Attack, CIA Director Criticizes Surveillance Reform Efforts

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The Paris attacks will almost certainly have an impact on surveillance policy. The revelation that massive amounts of private data were col...
Saturday, December 20, 2014

The Legislative History of Helms-Burton Act

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Let's kill a few birds with one stone with this Cuba story. Here's the wikipedia entry on the Helms-Burton Act - also known as the...
Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Will marijuana be legalized in Texas?

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If there's money to be made by doing so, I wouldn't bet against it. Political forces seem to be slowly lining up - including conserv...
Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Several laws passed by the 83rd Legislature took effect September 1st

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From ABC13, a list of laws adopted last year which are now in being adopted: - Click here for the story : Texas state legislators meet ...
Sunday, August 31, 2014

What is ISIS anyway?

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GOVT 2305 students won't be getting into foreign policy for some time, but the conflict with ISIS will be with us a while - almost certa...
Thursday, January 23, 2014

From the Gallup Poll: In U.S., 67% Dissatisfied With Income, Wealth Distribution

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Majorities of Republicans, Democrats and Independents agree, which suggests - but does not guarantee - that this will be on the agenda of Co...
Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Agenda Setting: Income Inequality

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Since Republicans have joined Democrats in saying that income inequality is a problem that needs addressing, its safe to say that the issue ...
Tuesday, December 17, 2013

The NAACP, the Supreme Court, and the modern civil rights movement

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A section within the article mentioned in the previous post -  The Decay of American Political Institutions - deserves a separate mention. ...