VOA "El Mundo al Día" 1 day ago
Earlier this morning I wrapped up a brief interview w/ VOA that is scheduled to appear today at 5pm EST on its television broadcast show ?El Mundo al Día.? They called me in to comment on Evo?s visit .......
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Update about updates 6 days ago
It?s been ten days since I?ve posted any updates. Clearly, I?ve been quite busy w/ teaching & other university responsibilities (there?s a lot going on), an increasingly precocious 10-month-old son (t .......
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40+ Javi pictures 15 days ago
After much anticipation, here are some pictures of Javi from the last two months. Sorry, we?ve just been so incredibly busy. _ Starting w/ some early shots we took on September 24, when we l .......
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Why I voted for Obama 17 days ago
I don?t announce my politics too much. Students often read my blog & I take the idea of academic neutrality very seriously?or try to, at least. But I really can?t let the 2008 US presidential election .......
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Does democracy need religion? 18 days ago
On Monday evening, I participated in a panel discussion at Mount St. Mary?s University on the question: ?Does the democratic form of government need to be anchored in religious values?? The participan .......
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Election eve 18 days ago
Tomorrow is election day. So far, it looks like an Obama victory, and I?m going so far as to suggest a Reagenesque landslide. There?s a pool at work, and I?ve put in a prediction of 389 electoral coll .......
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Sitting down for "friendly" chats w/ sponsors of terrorism Fri,
24 Oct 2008
Should a US elected official travel to a foreign country for a self-described ?warm? & ?friendly? meeting w/ the leader of a state (a military dictator, mind you) who had only a few years earlier orch .......
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Global electoral college Thu,
23 Oct 2008
If you?re interested in how the world sees the US presidential contest, _The Economist_ has a ?Global Electoral College projection based on online voters in foreign countries. Not surprisingly, it has .......
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Chosing to stay in Bolivia Thu,
23 Oct 2008
Today?s _Washington Post_ has an interesting photo essay on a Peace Corps volunteer who chose to stay behind in Bolivia after the US evacuated the program?s personnel from the country. There?s also a .......
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Reckless presidentialism Thu,
23 Oct 2008
Bolivia?s president Evo Morales offered an interesting explanation for the recent congressional negotiations, which modified the new draft constitution: He announced that he & various social movement .......
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Egypt's Facebook revolution Thu,
23 Oct 2008
If you?re interested in techpolitics: The recent issue of _Wired_ has a great article on Egypt?s Facebook-based democratization movement. It?s worth a look. .......
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Bolivia's "new" new constitution? Tue,
21 Oct 2008
I stayed away from this because it was a lot of ?watching the pot boil? kind of stuff in Bolivia. They (government & opposition) were close to a compromise before, but had it all blow up in everyone?s .......
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Bolivia documentary in DC, October 21 Fri,
17 Oct 2008
If you?re in the DC area next Tuesday (October 21), you may want to check out a screening of a documentary film about Bolivia: _Humillados y Ofendidos, Sucre 24 de Mayo_. It will be followed by a pane .......
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America?s challenge for the 21st century Thu,
16 Oct 2008
A little thought popped into my head during last night?s presidential debates. And I?ve been unable to let it go. It has to do w/ the question of what is the most pressing issue facing the US as it mo .......
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Who is Joe the Plumber? Thu,
16 Oct 2008
The last presidential debate introduced us to an interesting character: ?Joe the Plumber.? He was undoubtedly the highlight of the show, and an interesting effort by McCain to be ?folksy.? It?s nice t .......
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New Mac Books! Tue,
14 Oct 2008
OK. So it?s not the huge price slash that was rumored. But I still want the new 13-inch Mac Book. Especially since I?m digging that Apple is back to using an aluminum casing (like in my trusty workhor .......
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Does Javi like rational choice? Mon,
13 Oct 2008
As Javi becomes (much!) more mobile, he gets into various corners of the apartment. Recently, he?s discovered bookshelves. He loves to be read to, of course (a well-established bedtime routine). And .......
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Bolivia inches closer to approving new constitution Thu,
09 Oct 2008
The Bolivian political crisis is back to a respectable simmer. Even though the dialogue between government & opposition broke down several days ago, both sides agreed to throw the issue back into the .......
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Spread prediction: Obama wins 303-235 Tue,
07 Oct 2008
It?s the day of the second presidential debate, and already the momentum has shifted back to Obama. If you?re interested in electoral college math, check out the frequently updated Electoral Votes w .......
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The Big Mac peace theory Tue,
07 Oct 2008
This Friday my research methods class hands in a brief (1½-2 page) assignment based on Thomas Friedman?s 1996 column, ?Foreign Affairs Big Mac I.? Based on Friedman?s whimsical observation, they?re ex .......
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