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Kwon, H. (2024) Language Brokers: Children Of Immigrants Translating Inequality And Belonging For Their Families. Stanford University Press., Jeffrey Cabusao

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A Compassionate Society Provides Shelter For All, Gregg Lee Carter

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The United States Is The Only Developed Country Where The Possession Of Guns Is Considered A Right, Gregg Lee Carter

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The Right To Participate In And Enjoy The Benefits Of Scientific Progress And Its Applications: A Conceptual Map, Andrea Boggio

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The last generation experienced extraordinary progress in science and technology. Scientific and technological progress is now increasingly seen as essential in addressing the pressing global challenges we face as a human civilization. These advancements have led international organizations, scholars, and practitioners to pay increasing attention to the right to participate in and enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications or, as it is often referred to, “the human right to science.”

When adequately parsed, the “right to science” contains three distinct but interrelated clusters of rights (first-level rights): rights to scientific progress; rights to participate in scientific progress; …

Racism Is Still Alive And Well In The Usa, Gregg Lee Carter

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A Nation With Too Many Guns, Gregg Lee Carter

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Book Review: Law, History, And Justice: Debating German State Crimes In The Long Twentieth Century, Michael S. Bryant

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Making It Up As He Goes: Trump’S Improvisational Rhetoric And The Hyper-Rhetorical Presidency, Richard Holtzman

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Trump disregards the norms of presidential communication by regularly speaking or tweeting off-the-cuff with seemingly little forethought or editorial input. As White House administrations institutionalized presidential speechwriting and strategic communications over the past century, meticulously-crafted rhetoric became the norm. Trump’s improvisational rhetoric is the antithesis of the highly-professionalized, disciplined approach to political communication we have come to expect from the presidency. This essay takes the position that his reliance on improvisational rhetoric is more than a matter of communication; it is a matter of governance. Trump regularly uses improvised communication to make important policy decisions. In doing so, the president …

Would A Gene-Editing Ban Fit Human Rights Law?, Andrea Boggio

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The right to benefit from scientific progress, as set out in Article 15 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, means that member states must “respect the freedom indispensable for scientific research”. By default, biomedical research — arguably including clinical studies involving edited germline cells — is therefore permitted.

Second Amendment And The New Supreme Court Not Barriers To Stronger Gun Laws, Gregg Lee Carter

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3-D Guns - A Bad Idea, Gregg Lee Carter

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An Analysis Of The October 2017 Las Vegas Massacre, Gregg Lee Carter

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Ironies Abound When Seeking To Understand Our Nations Gun Violence: The Las Vegas Massacre, Gregg Lee Carter

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If there is ever a time to improve the public’s understanding of gun violence, it is when its attention has been grabbed, which sadly is exactly what a mass shooting does—especially when it is on the scale of the tragedy that occurred in Las Vegas on October 1, 2017 (59 shot dead; another 527 injured). Key questions involving mass shootings include their incidence and whether stronger gun control laws can reduce not only them, in particular, but also gun violence in general. Examination of these questions reveals multiple ironies, ironies that indicate how difficult it has become to resolve the …

Review Of "The Presidential Leadership Dilemma: Between The Constitution And A Political Party", Richard Holtzman

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Three Lessons On Leadership, Compliments Of The American Presidency, Richard Holtzman

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Review Of Andrews, Ernest, Ed. "Legacies Of Totalitarian Language In The Discourse Culture Of The Post-Totalitarian Era", Richard Holtzman

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Review Of Hudson, William E. "American Democracy In Peril: Eight Challenges To America’S Future", Richard Holtzman

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The Enduring Narrative Of “Socialized” Medicine: Oppositional Rhetoric And Obama’S Health Care Reform, Richard Holtzman

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President Barack Obama and his promises of health care reform were met with strong public support when he took office in January 2009. By the time Congress ultimately passed legislation in March 2010, not only had a majority of citizens turned against health care reform, but many had come to interpret it as inimical to American values. Opponents pejoratively branded the president a “socialist” and his reform as “socialized medicine.” A review of the history of health care reform efforts in the United States over the last eight decades illustrates that this rhetoric and the defining patterns of its proliferation …

Review Of Schwartz-Shea, Peregrine, And Dvora Yanow "Interpretive Research Design: Concepts And Processes", Richard Holtzman

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President Barack Obama and his promises of health care reform were met with strong public support when he took office in January 2009. By the time Congress ultimately passed legislation in March 2010, not only had a majority of citizens turned against health care reform, but many had come to interpret it as inimical to American values. Opponents pejoratively branded the president a “socialist” and his reform as “socialized medicine.” A review of the history of health care reform efforts in the United States over the last eight decades illustrates that this rhetoric and the defining patterns of its proliferation …

Experiential Learning In Washington, D.C.: A Study Of Student Motivations And Expectations, Richard Holtzman

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Experiential learning offers students opportunities to learn in real-world settings outside the classroom. In political science, such experiences have been found to enhance knowledge of the political process, positively impact subsequent academic performance, and develop more robust understandings of civic values. While these research findings have led colleges and universities to increasingly mandate service-learning courses, many experiential learning opportunities such as internships and study abroad programs are voluntary and demand student initiative. The purpose of this paper is to explore why students choose to engage in such voluntary experiential opportunities. The research questions guiding this project ask: Why do students …

What’S The Problem, Mr. President?: Bush’S Shifting Definitions Of The 2008 Financial Crisis, Richard Holtzman

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A case study is presented which examines the political rhetoric of U.S. President George W. Bush concerning the Global Financial Crisis of 2008-2009. Topics include Bush's definition of the economic crisis, his reluctance to recognize the existence of the financial crisis and the relationship between his rhetoric on the financial crisis and his legacy.

Communications Technology In The 2008 Election And Beyond: An Analysis Of Obama Emails, Richard Holtzman, Janet Prichard

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No political candidate has adopted and employed communications technology to connect with potential voters more effectively than Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential race. Yet, scholarly literature has neglected systematic studies of perhaps the most significant piece of Obama’s communications revolution: the use of millions of targeted emails. No in-depth analyses of these emails have been undertaken. Our research aims to fill this important gap by systematically examining the targeted emails themselves in an effort to understand this phenomenon and its larger significance. We do so by charting their frequency and identifying distribution trends, as well as exploring their content.

George W. Bush's Rhetoric Of Compassionate Conservatism And Its Value As A Tool Of Presidential Politics, Richard Holtzman

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This essay presents a situational analysis of George W. Bush’s rhetoric of compassionate conservatism. It explores Bush’s regular use of this discourse to address a number of political exigencies that confront all presidents, such as displaying personal character, framing issues, and energizing national values. I examine Bush’s public discourse from the declaration of his presidential candidacy in 1999 to his 2002 State of Union address to illuminate the development of this rhetorical construct and identify how it was employed to address shifting rhetorical situations. While the language did not change over time, the purposes and meanings of compassionate conservatism were …

Review Of Stephen Skowronek's "Presidential Leadership In Political Time: Reprise And Reappraisal", Richard Holtzman

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Book review of "Presidential Leadership in Political Time: Reprise and Reappraisal" by Stephen Skowronek.

Review Of "The Colonial American Origins Of Modern Democratic Thought", Richard Holtzman

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Bush's Adventures In National Service Policy And Five Lessons For President Obama, Richard Holtzman

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As candidates, both Barack Obama and John McCain criticized George W. Bush’s failure to call for sacrifice and service from the American people in the wake of 9/11. However, criticizing the mistakes of a past president is not the same as learning from them. Obama has referred to service as the “cause of my presidency.” If Obama is indeed committed to following through on this campaign rhetoric, what lessons can he learn from Bush’s experiences? This essay offers an analysis of Bush’s adventures in national service policy and, in particular, his failures of presidential leadership in this arena. Its purpose …

Military Hero, Richard Holtzman

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Adapting The One-Minute Paper For Active Learning, Richard Holtzman

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This paper suggests a simple exercise that facilitates active learning by embedding regular opportunities for student participation within the structure of an undergraduate course. This exercise involves the use of in-class participation assignments, which are adaptations of a popular classroom assessment technique, the one-minute paper. While likewise serving as an assessment tool, the suggested exercise is also able to address an additional range of instructional challenges, such as stimulating critical thinking, facilitating engagement with course materials, encouraging participation, and motivating preparation.

Voluntarism And Volunteering, Richard Holtzman

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To engage in voluntarism, as the term is commonly understood today, is to freely offer support in the service of others. Defining the concept in such general terms, however, ignores a number of important factors, such as the motives leading individuals to choose such action, the means by which the activity occurs, and the broader implications of voluntarism for society. This chapter looks at voluntarism from a historical perspective to demonstrate the numerous and sometimes conflicting ways the concept has been understood. Recognizing voluntarism as a social issue requires examining it in the variety of historical contexts and settings that …