Monthly Archives: February 2009

Our Undemocratic Constitution

Posted on February 23, 2009 by Michael

Last week I read Levinson’s Our Undemocratic Constitution, a rather compelling argument that, for various reasons, our Constitution has undemocratic procedures codified in it, and therefore we should have a new constitutional convention. I agree with Levinson’s assessment, but don’t … Continue reading →

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this is what graduate school feels like sometimes

Posted on February 21, 2009 by Michael

Garfield Minus Garfield Not that reading lots of journal articles and books is really akin to cake, but… sometimes you just wind up staring at it…

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Notes on IST Graduate Symposium Microblogging Panel

Posted on February 20, 2009 by Michael

The 2009 IST Graduate Symposium was yesterday and today, and I completely forgot about it, even after my friend Tom suggested it earlier this week and I noticed that some State College folks I follow on Twitter were talking about … Continue reading →

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According to Georgia Law Makers, Queer Theory is Not Legitimate

Posted on February 19, 2009 by Michael

This was sent out on a listserv I’m on: According to Republican lawmakers in Georgia and the Christian Coalition, queer theory is not a legitimate course of study. On CNN’s American Morning today, Carol Costello reported on Georgia’s recent variation … Continue reading →

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Levinson’s Peculiar Conclusion and Our Civil Religion

Posted on February 17, 2009 by Michael

In class last week, we discussed at length the peculiar conclusion to Sanford Levinson’s Written in Stone: Public Monuments in Changing Societies, in which Levinson writes that we should hope “that the consciousness of the polity, especially of its future … Continue reading →

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