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Baker v. Carr: O’Rourke recalls important case
Fifty years ago this week the United States Supreme Court decided Baker v. Carr, one of the most important voting rights cases of the last century. It also determined that the right to vote and...
Continue ReadingO’Rourke recalls courage of James Meredith
In "Profiles in Courage," John Kennedy wrote that political courage is about character and the willingness to stand up in the face of mob hatred, to fight for what is good or noble in all...
Continue ReadingA team approach
by John Roberts, Communications Director After graduating from Lee University in 1999, Aaron Simmons took an unconventional approach to selecting a graduate school. A Florida native, he grew up pulling for the Florida State football...
Continue ReadingCalling out the masters of dysfunction
It’s autumn, and Congress has once again been again displaying its mastery of dysfunction. The legislators spent weeks sparring over who was to blame for the government shutdown and about the debt ceiling so the...
Continue ReadingSmythe interviewed on Fox Carolina
Furman business professor Tom Smythe was interviewed for a news piece on FOX Carolina TV about President Obama’s bus tour to Asheville, N.C., to promote his jobs bill. Smythe said the jobs issue is a...
Continue ReadingProfessor Smythe says be prepared
While there is a growing consensus that America might avert the worst of the “fiscal cliff” at the beginning of 2013, there is still reason to be concerned about the possible expiration of the tax...
Continue ReadingProfessor Smythe says Congress is the problem
It’s autumn, and Congress has once again been again displaying its mastery of dysfunction. The legislators spent weeks sparring over who was to blame for the government shutdown and about the debt ceiling so the...
Continue ReadingWho will replace Sen. Jim DeMint?
Furman political science professor Brent Nelsen was quoted in a Politico article about the chances that Rep. Tim Scott would be chosen to replace Jim DeMint, the South Carolina Senator who resigned to take a...
Continue ReadingProfessor Nelsen quoted in Politico
Furman political science professor Brent Nelsen was quoted in a Politico article about the chances that Rep. Tim Scott would be chosen to replace Jim DeMint, the South Carolina Senator who resigned to take a job running...
Continue ReadingPolitical science professors staying busy with national media
As the Republican presidential primary continues to be a huge news story, Furman's political science professors are busy providing their insights to national media. Jim Guth has been interviewed by The Dallas Morning News, Houston...
Continue ReadingGuth interviewed about South Carolina Republican primary
Political science professor Jim Guth was one of three experts interviewed on South Carolina Educational Radio about the importance of South Carolina’s first-in-the-South Republican Primary in the 2012 presidential election.
Continue ReadingProfessor Guth quoted in Charlotte Observer
Will religion be an overriding issue for South Carolina voters in the first-in-the-South Republican presidential primary to be held in January 2012? Furman political science professor Jim Guth, who studies religion and politics, is quoted...
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