Yeomen and Tea Party part two — immigration
Edgar Litt argued that “The political ideology of the yeomen in Massachusetts includes an emphasis on moral corruption in Boston and other cities, and sporadic electoral participation in elections,...
View ArticlePolitical knowledge quiz 2
Today’s political knowledge quiz will be in two parts. The first part will test our ability to discern how political rhetoric concerning immigrants has improved in the past 150 years. The second part...
View ArticleCruelty Primary Update
One thing no one can deny is that Newt Gingrich has a talent for framing an issue. So when he attempted to cast immigration reform in family friendly terms in last night’s Republican presidential...
View ArticleProfessor U on the latest from Election 2012
Professor Ubertaccio appeared on NECN this morning to chat about the latest events on the Road to the White House.
View ArticleThose Darn Liberal Catholic Bishops
On occasion I teach a course called Catholics in Political Life and I have fun asking my students the question, “Is the Catholic Church politically conservative or liberal?” The American Catholic...
View ArticleImmigrants and the Human Mind
Immigration is an important issue but three of the last five posts here at MassPoliticsProfs have touched on the topic. Is it that important? Are there more important issues we could be discussing but...
View ArticleDeval Patrick’s “City Upon a Hill”
Politicians from John F. Kennedy to Ronald Reagan have invoked John Winthrop’s “city upon a hill” phrase for political effect but few have embodied the phrase in the manner of Governor Deval Patrick,...
View ArticleThe demagogues among us
There’s nothing like the fear of the other to bring the demagogues in our midst out into the open. Whether it is an ugly town meeting in Bourne or a radio personality stoking fear at a rally in Boston,...
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