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		<title>&#8220;The Paranoid Style in American Politics&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://sgsnow.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/the-paranoid-style-in-american-politics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:52:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;
Richard Hofstadter, &#8221;The Paranoid Style in American Politics&#8220;,  Harper&#8217;s, November 1964
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		<title>Writing a paper?  Writing anything that Steve Snow is going to grade?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do

Have a clear thesis.  Make sure the reader understands your argument.
Present the central points of the paper clearly and logically, and support them with evidence gained from appropriate and relevant research.
Use a fluent writing style.  Most importantly:

Use one main idea per paragraph.  Make clear the relationship between the paragraphs.  (See b, below.)
Employ clear transitions from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sgsnow.wordpress.com&blog=4234323&post=1730&subd=sgsnow&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Comprehensive Exams: GOV/IA/Public Policy</title>
		<link>http://sgsnow.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/comprehensive-exams-goviapublic-policy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Due no later than Dec. 16th.  Worth 50 points, total.  
International Affairs
Part I.
Please answer TWO of the following questions, in 250 words each.
You may use any sources you wish, and even work together on these questions. I encourage you to ask  faculty about your answers.
International Politics
1. The balance of power principle has been central to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sgsnow.wordpress.com&blog=4234323&post=1689&subd=sgsnow&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Political Internships</title>
		<link>http://sgsnow.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/political-internships/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:32:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A.J.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have not yet been able to confirm that all of these offices are looking for interns, however it is rare that someone whould turn away an intern.  The City Council is in the middle of an election cycle.
If you are looking for an internship with a specific representative or in a district outside of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sgsnow.wordpress.com&blog=4234323&post=1625&subd=sgsnow&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>GOV 253 Politics of Terrorism</title>
		<link>http://sgsnow.wordpress.com/2009/08/18/gov-253-politics-of-terrorism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:57:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GOV 253 The Politics of Terrorism
Fall Semester 2009
2:40-4:10 MW
office hours (45D Main Hall, 3rd floor):
MW 11:15-12:15; TTh 1-2; by appointment.
Email: sgsnow at wagner
AIM: sgsnow at mac
Phone: 718-390-3351 (rarely checked)
Fax: 718-420-4158
paper assignment
&#8220;Show me not the end without the way. For ends and means on earth are so entangled, That changing one, you change the other too; Each different path [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sgsnow.wordpress.com&blog=4234323&post=1534&subd=sgsnow&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Presidency</title>
		<link>http://sgsnow.wordpress.com/2009/08/13/the-presidency/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:49:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American Presidency
CCNY PSC 22200 6X
 09:00-12:00PM NA-6214
Fall 2009
Professor Steve Snow
stevengsnow at g mail
PAPER ASSIGNMENT
MID-TERM REVIEW


“Frequent war and constant apprehension, which require a state of as constant preparation, will infallibly produce [standing armies].  It is of the nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority.”  &#8211; Alexander Hamilton, Federalist 8.


The course: Includes [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sgsnow.wordpress.com&blog=4234323&post=1423&subd=sgsnow&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>GOV 400 Senior Reflective Tutorial</title>
		<link>http://sgsnow.wordpress.com/2009/07/18/gov-400-senior-reflective-tutorial/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:26:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
GOV 400 Senior Reflective Tutorial: Political Science


Fall Semester 2009
1:00-2:30 MW
office hours (45D Main Hall, 3rd floor): MW 11:15-12:15; TTh 1-2; and by appointment.
Email: sgsnow at wagner
AIM: sgsnow at mac
Phone: 718-390-3351 (rarely checked)
Fax: 718-420-4158

This course is part of the Senior Learning Community, the other half of which is the Senior Seminar. The Senior Reflective Tutorial connects [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sgsnow.wordpress.com&blog=4234323&post=1432&subd=sgsnow&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>US Foreign Policy</title>
		<link>http://sgsnow.wordpress.com/2009/07/10/us-foreign-policy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:37:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GOV355 US Foreign Policy
Fall Semester 2009
TTh 2:30-4:10 
office hours (45D Main Hall, 3rd floor): MW 11:15-12:15; TTh 1-2
Email: sgsnow at wagner; AIM: sgsnow at mac
Phone: 718-390-3351 (rarely checked); Fax: 718-420-4158

paper assignment


Classes will be a mixture of lecture and discussion.  Students should feel free to ask questions at any time.  I encourage you to see me in my office [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sgsnow.wordpress.com&blog=4234323&post=1429&subd=sgsnow&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ollie North and Iran Contra</title>
		<link>http://sgsnow.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/ollie-north-and-iran-contra/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A.J.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ollie North song from American Dad.
Sums up the Iran Contra affair.
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		<title>Defending the Indefensible</title>
		<link>http://sgsnow.wordpress.com/2009/05/23/defending-the-indefensible/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 19:35:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The media usually characterize (sic) the practice (waterboarding) as &#8217;simulated drowning&#8217;.  That&#8217;s incorrect.  To be effective, waterboarding is usually real drowning that simulates death.&#8221; &#8211; Judge Evan Wallach.
Although Judge Wallach is currently a federal judge in the court of International Trade, he is, at least according to his Wikipedia entry, &#8220;one of the nations foremost [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sgsnow.wordpress.com&blog=4234323&post=1393&subd=sgsnow&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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