In the three large undergraduate sections of an introductory political science class I am teaching this semester, we are currently debating the impact of political culture in Texas. As a precursor to that debate, I asked students to examine Texas culture and cultural identity in general. One point I …

Christopher Nolan’s new film, the Odyssey, has launched a thousand think pieces. Below, I have included the headlines from some of the more provocative pieces about the work.

Given the extent of globalization, I’m often surprised when a solution which is obviously better is applied in one place and not another. The case I want to talk about here is the solution to the problem of seating a lot of people in your house. In the U.S., if you want to have any sort of …