Author: hawesg

Cross posted. There are so damned many candidates, I think this is a good question.  On the Democratic side, Larry Lessig is running an issue campaign, except no one on the Democratic side really disputes his idea,...

http://www.vox.com/2015/2/14/8039773/why-scott-walkers-lack-of-a-college-diploma-doesnt-matter There is a recent trend – especially among economists – to argue that college doesn’t really matter....

Thing One and I went to see American Sniper last night in a packed theater.  It’s an interesting movie and cultural artifact. I can understand some of the consternation from people who think the movie whitewashes the...

Max Weber notably defined the state as an entity with a “monopoly of violence over a given territory.”  That definition always strikes my students as strange until we break it down.  Whether the state is...

When we see the smoldering remains of Ferguson’s main street, we should think about two separate problems that got us there.  Separate problems, but problems that overlap. The first problem is the endemic and...