Comments for PoliSci Lounge http://soomopublishing.com/poliscilounge What we're talking about in Political Science Wed, 16 May 2012 07:29:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Partisan Bias in Grading? by Aaron Zaccaria http://soomopublishing.com/poliscilounge/2012/05/01/partisan-bias-in-grading/#comment-1101 Aaron Zaccaria Wed, 16 May 2012 07:29:07 +0000 http://soomopublishing.com/poliscilounge/?p=4104#comment-1101 I'm a soon-to-be graduate with my B.A. in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland, and I would love to see the results of this research. Any idea when we could hear? Perhaps you would be able to leak some details? I’m a soon-to-be graduate with my B.A. in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland, and I would love to see the results of this research.

Any idea when we could hear? Perhaps you would be able to leak some details?

]]> Comment on Blended Learning in Political Science by Dilip Barad http://soomopublishing.com/poliscilounge/2012/04/20/blended-learning-in-political-science/#comment-1047 Dilip Barad Mon, 23 Apr 2012 06:14:37 +0000 http://soomopublishing.com/poliscilounge/?p=3975#comment-1047 Interesting and useful write up. I hope this site may be of some help : http://sites.google.com/site/projectblendedlearning2012 Regards, Interesting and useful write up. I hope this site may be of some help : http://sites.google.com/site/projectblendedlearning2012
Regards,

]]> Comment on SCOTUS Considers Constitutionality of Health Care Law by Mary Jane http://soomopublishing.com/poliscilounge/2012/03/26/scotus-considers-constitutionality-of-health-care-law/#comment-1007 Mary Jane Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:23:15 +0000 http://soomopublishing.com/poliscilounge/?p=3836#comment-1007 The Oyez site is also fabulous. Interested in having students track the path of the cases as they made their way to the Supreme Court? <a href="http://www.oyeztoday.org/healthcare/#details" rel="nofollow">The Court and Healthcare Reform</a> from OyezToday makes it easy to see how the cases made it to the Supreme Court. They also have the best presentation of audio recordings in my opinion because the interactive transcript scrolls at the same time with photos of the speakers. <a href="http://www.oyez.org/cases/2010-2019/2011/2011_11_400#argument" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Recording of the first day's oral arguments</a> runs almost 90 minutes. The Oyez site is also fabulous. Interested in having students track the path of the cases as they made their way to the Supreme Court? The Court and Healthcare Reform from OyezToday makes it easy to see how the cases made it to the Supreme Court. They also have the best presentation of audio recordings in my opinion because the interactive transcript scrolls at the same time with photos of the speakers. Recording of the first day’s oral arguments runs almost 90 minutes.

]]> Comment on Til We Have Suffrage by Nicole Dixon http://soomopublishing.com/poliscilounge/2012/03/06/suffrage/#comment-981 Nicole Dixon Wed, 14 Mar 2012 01:34:53 +0000 http://soomopublishing.com/poliscilounge/?p=3490#comment-981 Hi! I am a 7th grade Humanities teacher and I love your videos. I know my students would be intrigued and watching the videos would be an excellent start to a discussion of civil rights and women's suffrage. I was saddened to see no women of color in your Bad Romance video, though. Students should see that women of all races fought for and benefit from the right to vote. For my students especially, who are primarily Black and Latino, seeing images of white women only in the political sphere increases their feelings of marginalization, powerlessness, and ultimately the kind of disenfranchisement that you are speaking out against. I hope you can bear this in mind for your next productions. Thanks, and keep up the otherwise great work! Hi! I am a 7th grade Humanities teacher and I love your videos. I know my students would be intrigued and watching the videos would be an excellent start to a discussion of civil rights and women’s suffrage. I was saddened to see no women of color in your Bad Romance video, though. Students should see that women of all races fought for and benefit from the right to vote. For my students especially, who are primarily Black and Latino, seeing images of white women only in the political sphere increases their feelings of marginalization, powerlessness, and ultimately the kind of disenfranchisement that you are speaking out against. I hope you can bear this in mind for your next productions. Thanks, and keep up the otherwise great work!

]]> Comment on Spotlight: California Budget Challenge by ProfessorMel Kahn http://soomopublishing.com/poliscilounge/2012/01/31/spotlight-california-budget-challenge/#comment-932 ProfessorMel Kahn Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:57:01 +0000 http://soomopublishing.com/poliscilounge/?p=3033#comment-932 would liketo receive material on this for possible use in my classes, Mel Kahn, would liketo receive material on this for possible use in my classes,

Mel Kahn,

]]> Comment on APSA’s Teaching and Learning Conference by Dwayne Johnson http://soomopublishing.com/poliscilounge/2012/02/01/apsas-teaching-and-learning-conference/#comment-930 Dwayne Johnson Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:58:48 +0000 http://soomopublishing.com/poliscilounge/?p=3141#comment-930 Rock on!!!! I'll be there too! Rock on!!!! I’ll be there too!

]]> Comment on VoteMatch Quiz by Mary Jane http://soomopublishing.com/poliscilounge/2012/02/08/votematch-quiz/#comment-929 Mary Jane Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:34:53 +0000 http://soomopublishing.com/poliscilounge/?p=3277#comment-929 Here's another quiz site called <a title="Vote Match US" href="http://votematchus.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Vote Match US</a>. It's easier to use but doesn't have as much detail about the issues. Here’s another quiz site called Vote Match US. It’s easier to use but doesn’t have as much detail about the issues.

]]> Comment on State of the Union Wordle by Mary Jane http://soomopublishing.com/poliscilounge/2012/01/25/state-of-the-union-wordle/#comment-925 Mary Jane Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:31:07 +0000 http://soomopublishing.com/poliscilounge/?p=3093#comment-925 Okay, this is my favorite SOTU video. As it plays, there are fact check blurbs that display additional information about the topic. Very nice. Thanks! Okay, this is my favorite SOTU video. As it plays, there are fact check blurbs that display additional information about the topic. Very nice. Thanks!

]]> Comment on State of the Union Wordle by Michael Dechane http://soomopublishing.com/poliscilounge/2012/01/25/state-of-the-union-wordle/#comment-900 Michael Dechane Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:02:20 +0000 http://soomopublishing.com/poliscilounge/?p=3093#comment-900 Nice! Thanks for posting this. I also liked the presentation of material in layers from this NYTImes piece: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/01/24/us/politics/state-of-the-union-2012-video-transcript.html?hp Cheers. Nice! Thanks for posting this. I also liked the presentation of material in layers from this NYTImes piece: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/01/24/us/politics/state-of-the-union-2012-video-transcript.html?hp

Cheers.

]]> Comment on A Very Federal Christmas by Guy Salsburg http://soomopublishing.com/poliscilounge/2011/12/21/a-very-federal-christmas/#comment-788 Guy Salsburg Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:39:19 +0000 http://soomopublishing.com/poliscilounge/?p=2579#comment-788 Christmas is not a federally recognized religious holiday. In fact the law making Dec. 25th a holiday does not mention religion. If Christmas, the holiday, was a federal recognition of a religious holiday it would be Un-Constitutional and have been declared so by now. There have been federal lawsuits against the gov't in which the claiment stated it is illegal for Christmas to be a holiday because it is religious, but every case has been shot down because the law making it a holiday does not address religion. Dec 25 was mostly piucked as a national holiday because employees nationwide demanded the day off and businesses/owners caved in, but needed the federal recognition for monetary reasons. This mass of employees encluded employees of every imaginable religion paracticed in the USA, to include Jews, Mormons, Native Indians, etc. Virtually all people throughout the world who follow the January thru December calendar look to the ending weeks of December as a time to be haooy and wish the same on family and friends and even strangers - it feels good to have lived the year and to prepare for the approaching new year. Not all Christians and nonChristians recognize Dec 25 as the date of Jesus's birthday and many scholars believe it was an artificially selected date. My family is not religious and we, like millions of other families, celebrate Christmas as the non-religious holiday it (federal law wise) is. To us it is a day to have a good time with family and friends, exchange gifts and good wishes, and to share a great dinner with family (extended families included), friends and even strangers in need. Christmas is not a federally recognized religious holiday. In fact the law making Dec. 25th a holiday does not mention religion. If Christmas, the holiday, was a federal recognition of a religious holiday it would be Un-Constitutional and have been declared so by now. There have been federal lawsuits against the gov’t in which the claiment stated it is illegal for Christmas to be a holiday because it is religious, but every case has been shot down because the law making it a holiday does not address religion. Dec 25 was mostly piucked as a national holiday because employees nationwide demanded the day off and businesses/owners caved in, but needed the federal recognition for monetary reasons. This mass of employees encluded employees of every imaginable religion paracticed in the USA, to include Jews, Mormons, Native Indians, etc. Virtually all people throughout the world who follow the January thru December calendar look to the ending weeks of December as a time to be haooy and wish the same on family and friends and even strangers – it feels good to have lived the year and to prepare for the approaching new year. Not all Christians and nonChristians recognize Dec 25 as the date of Jesus’s birthday and many scholars believe it was an artificially selected date. My family is not religious and we, like millions of other families, celebrate Christmas as the non-religious holiday it (federal law wise) is. To us it is a day to have a good time with family and friends, exchange gifts and good wishes, and to share a great dinner with family (extended families included), friends and even strangers in need.

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