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Dr. Brendan Szendrő
Faculty Lecturer, Political Science
McGill University
Blog


Jul 30, 2020
Is American Democracy Backsliding?
When you start looking into it, The United States doesn't compare favorably to other democracies. In fact, we have all the warning signs...


Jun 4, 2020
Protecting Property, Not People
Recent events show us that the United States' legacies of wealth and racial inequality continue to reverberate in unison. So far I’ve...


Jan 12, 2020
Iran Illiteracy
The Iran crisis has demonstrated that Americans are geographically, historically, and politically illiterate. There could be terrible...


Oct 18, 2019
The Global Ideological Shift
The United States is taking the wrong side in a three-way standoff between democracy, illiberalism, and dictatorship. With all the fervor...


Nov 17, 2018
Confronting the Culture of Violence
It’s time to think differently about mass shootings. These events aren’t random. Mass shootings, and public violence in general, are...


Aug 23, 2018
The Presidency and the Rule of Law
Supposedly being good at your job does not mean you can commit crimes. Trump's been trying to build a case all summer for keeping him...


Apr 13, 2018
Four Mini-Essays About The News
In lieu of my usual walls of text, here’s some scattershot thoughts. - World War III isn't happening, guys. Russia knows better than to...


Mar 9, 2018
Country Music and the Volk
Do Ernest Gellner's theories of nationalism explain the rural consciousness movement? Given the political climate I want to make a pitch...
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