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Alan Abramowitz

Alan I. Abramowitz (born 1947) is an American political scientist and author, known for his research and writings on American politics, elections, and political parties in political science.

Harold Foote Gosnell

Harold Foote Gosnell (December 24, 1896 – January 9, 1997) was an American political scientist and author, known for his research and writings on American politics, elections, and political parties in political science.

Politics Lost

Politics Lost: How American Democracy Was Trivialized By People Who Think You're Stupid, reprinted in 2007 as Politics Lost: From RFK to W: How Politicians Have Become Less Courageous and More Interested in Keeping Power than in Doing What's Right for America, is a 2006 book by journalist Joe Klein on the loss of spontaneity and authenticity in American politics.

Richard Bensel

Beginning with Sectionalism and American Political Development, Bensel has attempted to bridge the gap between American economic and political history, with an eye toward comparative implications.

Soulless: Ann Coulter and the Right-Wing Church of Hate

Published in October 2006 by liberal political writer Susan Estrich, the book criticizes Coulter for violent statements, alleged slander, and irresponsible behavior, and for downgrading the debate in American politics for personal profit.

Tim Rood

Not only does his book American Anabasis trace the influence of the classical writers in American politics, but it also draws conclusions concerning the contemporary American artist Cy Twombly, whose work is heavily influenced by antiquity.


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Al Giordano

Al Giordano (born December 31, 1959) is a journalist who operates the Narco News Bulletin, reporting on the War on Drugs, the political blog The Field, reporting on American politics, and the School of Authentic Journalism.

Allison Kugel

She has also appeared as a guest American news correspondent for 96.7 Ocean FM in South England, where she delivered a 30 minute monthly news report on American politics and entertainment.

Astroturfing

According to The Financial Times, astroturfing is "common place" in American politics, but was "revolutionary" in Europe, when it was exposed that the anti-privacy "think-tank" the European Privacy Association was actually sponsored by technology companies.

C. Bette Wimbish

She was recognized in Who's Who Among Black Americans, Who's Who in American Politics, Florida Women of Distinction, and Outstanding Women of Florida.

God's Warriors

In God’s Christian Warriors, Amanpour reports on evangelicals trying to influence American politics and society from a faith-based perspective.

Joe Kulbacki

Kulbacki is also author of America...A Nation That's Lost Its Way, a conservative critique of modern American politics and society in the context of its Judeo-Christian values, and paralleling the rise and fall of past civilizations, particularly Ancient Rome.

Joe Mallahan

He completed his undergraduate studies in American politics at the The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., where he worked during college as a legislative aide to Washington State Democratic Congressman Al Swift.

Marcus Pohlmann

His research focuses primarily on American government and politics, specifically, African-American politics, urban politics, and political economy.

Margaret Halsey

The Pseudo-Ethic: A Speculation on American Politics and Morals was a defense of Alger Hiss.

Michael Lind

In 1998 he became Washington Editor of Harper’s Magazine and moved to Washington, where in the same year he, Sherle Schwenninger and Walter Russell Mead co-founded the New America Foundation with Ted Halstead, with whom Lind co-authored The Radical Center: The Future of American Politics.

Patrick McCartan

They persuaded Éamon de Valera to support the Philadelphia branch of Clan na Gael against the New York branch led by John Devoy and Judge Daniel Cohalan in their struggle to focus the resources of the Friends of Irish Freedom to Irish independence rather than domestic American politics.

Peter Kurrild-Klitgaard

His current position is as Professor of Political Theory and Comparative Politics at the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen, where he has held various positions since 1991, and where he specializes in political institutions, political economy and American politics, especially issues such as elections, voting systems and constitutions.

Shanklin Family

The Shanklin family in the United States were plantation owners in Augusta County, Virginia, now Rockingham County, Virginia and later in Todd County, Kentucky that were involved in American politics and government.

Steve Handelsman

Some of the major stories Handelsman has covered include Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Andrew, Hurricane Hugo, The Iraq War, The Gulf War, unrest in Pakistan, Panama, the Philippines, Africa, and the Middle East, the historic opening of the Berlin Wall, Pope John Paul II's death, American Politics, and Summit conferences in Geneva, Moscow, and Iceland.

Ted Halstead

Halstead co-wrote The Radical Center: The Future of American Politics with Michael Lind in 2002.

William Jelani Cobb

Cobb specializes in post-Civil War African-American history, 20th-century American politics, and the history of the Cold War.

Yellow Face

The father is a successful immigrant who built a large bank in California, and after some political contributions, gets investigated by Sen. Fred Thompson as a Chinese who funnels money from China to influence American politics.