Jeffrey C. Isaac
Jeffrey C. Isaac is James H. Rudy Professor of Political Science at Indiana University, Bloomington. His books include: Democracy in Dark Times (1998); The Poverty of Progressivism: The Future of American Democracy in a Time of Liberal Decline; and Arendt, Camus, and Modern Rebellion.
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Views Monday, March 18, 2019 Neither Debs Nor Brandeis, Or Why It Is a Mistake Now to Exaggerate Differences on the Left Note: The piece below is a critical response to a recent piece published in Jacobin , the widely-read publication that bills itself as “a leading voice of the American left, offering socialist perspectives on politics, economics, and culture. The print magazine is released quarterly and reaches... Read more |
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Views Sunday, March 10, 2019 More Denunciation of Omar, More Bullshit: Enough! It’s all over the news. Ilhan Omar has done it again. This time it’s not “the Jews” she’s attacking. It is “Obama.” This headline, viral on Facebook, says it all: “ Ilhan Omar Goes After Obama, Suggests He Was a Pretty Face’ Who Got Away with Murder .’” The source: a long piece at Politico entitled... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, March 05, 2019 In Defense of Ilhan Omar, Again Ilhan Omar is again at the center of controversy, this time for remarks she made last week at a panel discussion at Busboys and Poets, a Washington, D.C. bookstore and restaurant. Omar’s “offending” comment was a reference to “the political influence in this country that says that it’s ok for... Read more |
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Views Saturday, March 02, 2019 Kamala Harris Is Not a Red-Baiter, She's Just Not a Socialist (Like Most Americans) In recent columns I have celebrated the energy and ideas brought into the Democratic party by newly-elected young leftists, defended them from criticism, condemned the red-baiting of the left, and explained how and why "socialism" has played an important role in the history of American democracy, and ought not to be feared. Read more |
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Views Thursday, February 28, 2019 Why AOC Is Such a Terrific Member of Congress Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has taken Washington, D.C by storm. She successfully ran an insurgent, grass-roots Congressional campaign. She is exceptionally bright. She is incredibly media savvy. She is hugely charismatic, because she is telegenic and photogenic, but also because she consistently seems... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, July 19, 2016 Why Melania Trump’s Plagiarism Matters Two paragraphs from Melania Trump’s speech last night before the Republican National Convention were almost word for word the same as two paragraphs from Michelle Obama’s 2008 speech. This is a fact. Such verbatim quoting without attribution is called plagiarism. Plagiarism is widely recognized as... Read more |