I've got a fever and two midterms. John Rawls here I come.

Original Quote"To overcome dangers in our world, we must also take the offensive by encouraging economic progress, and fighting disease, and spreading hope in hopeless lands. Isolationism would not only tie our hands in fighting enemies, it would keep us from helping our friends in desperate need. We show compassion abroad because Americans believe ( Read more... )

On my flight to Uruguay, which took place earlier today, I found myself seated next to a girl who was my neighbour in 4th grade in Brazil.

The world is a nice place. All I need is a new haircut and a camera, both of which I have.

I spent a total of 44 hours travelling from Philadelphia to Porto Alegre, Brazil -- and no, for the first time in my life, I am not exaggerating. I flew from Philadelphia to Atlanta, then to Sao Paulo, where I spent 6 hours waiting for my flight to Buenos Aires. I called Alfonso a few times but he wasn't home, which made me realise that flying ( Read more... )

I win.

Winter Itinerary

December 19th
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So Iraq elects its National Assembly. Here's my problem with it ( Read more... )

Did anyone know that Brendan O'Leary, whom we should thank for bringing a touch of Britishness Irishness to our department, is consitutional advisor to the Kurdistan "government"? As in, he is living in Kurdistan. I don't know how you can advise a government which doesn't exist, but apparently it pays well.

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"Institutional frameworks powerfully determine the goals, violence, and trajectories of identitarian movements-including secessionist movements. However, both small-N and large-N researchers disagree on the question of whether “power-sharing” arrangements, instead of repression, are more or less likely to mitigate threats of secessionist ( Read more... )

PART I9:00 AM: Alarm clock rings. "I'll sleep through Poli Sci today -- Lustick will have nothing interesting to say anyway ( Read more... )