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Media attend Furman debate watch
Furman hosted a debate watch in conjunction with the first of this year’s presidential debates from Denver. The event, sponsored by Furman’s College Republicans, College Democrats, Cicero Society and the Debate Club, featured interactive polling...
Continue ReadingRemembering an act of courage
On March 2, 1961, a large group of high school and college students gathered at Zion Baptist Church in Columbia. Their purpose was to peacefully confront the state government and the people of South Carolina...
Continue ReadingBaker 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...
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