Opinion
Four years in retrospect: A political scientist’s lessons in engaging with the abnormal
By Bert Johnson | October 29, 2020So how should we view this administration and this election?
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The Lifeblood of Politics
By Bert Johnson | November 1, 2018Although popular conceptions aren’t all wrong, they provide only part of the picture.
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Open Debate, Free Speech and Respect On Campus
By Bert Johnson | April 26, 2017What did I just do? Last week in the Middlebury Campus newspaper I published an apology for the “closed decisionmaking process” by which I offered a departmental co-sponsorship to the Charles Murray event earlier this year. I’ve since been called lots of names online, mostly centering on my ...
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An Apology from PoliSci Chair to the Community
By Bert Johnson | April 20, 2017Earlier this year I, as chair of the political science department, offered a symbolic departmental co-sponsorship to the Charles Murray event in the same way that I had done with other events in the past: on my own, without wider consultation. This was a mistake. Last week, I apologized to my departmental ...