"You can lade a man up to th' university, but ye can't make him think." 
 -- Finley Peter Dunne

        The Jefferson Memorial, Washington D. C.                             photo: gdg
"If a nation expects to be ignorant -- and free ... it expects what never was and never will be."
--Thomas Jefferson
“Never give in, never give in, never; never; never;
 never - in nothing, great or small, large or petty -
never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.”
-
Sir Winston Churchill


  Mr. Smith Goes to Sesame Street

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 All Things Political
 

  Academical Village*
Dr. Glenn David Garrison, Professor of Political Science

"Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition." 
 -- Jacques Barzun

"In our time the destiny of man presents its meanings in political terms." 
 -- Thomas Mann
"Consider the past and you shall know the future."
-- Chinese Proverb

"The whole art of politics consists in directing rationally the irrationalities of men."
 -- Reinhold Niebuhr 
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Final Exam Schedule 
Fall 2009
  American Government I course
 
American Government II course
 Honors American Government II course
  American/Texas Politics & Links
Texas Politics Multimedia Textbook
 Bonus Opportunities
National Media:
The New York Times
  NPR      [slate.com logo]   BBC News | UK | UK Edition

  Bill Moyers Journal   NOW on PBS
Washington WeekF

 

"A primary object. should be the education of our youth in the science of government. In a republic, what species of knowledge can be equally important? And what duty more pressing. than. communicating it to those who are to be
 the future guardians of the liberties of the country?"
- George Washington

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Texas Media::
The Texas Tribune  The Dallas Morning News   Statesman.com Go to chron.com    The Texas Observer


"Learned institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people.  They throw that light over the public mind
 which is the best security against crafty and dangerous encroachments on the public liberty."
 -- James Madison




The Texas State Capitol
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  Ya Es Hora. Hagase Contar!
"Citizenship is every person's highest calling."

"Education is a progressive discovery of our ignorance."
 -- Will Durant (1885-1981)
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