Daniel Aaron Lazar

Slate’s stud political correspondent, John Dickerson, presents this five-part series on risk. I enjoyed following this piece. You might also.

In Tocqueville’s Discovery of America, Leo Damrosch, who teaches literature at Harvard, has seized an opportune moment to scratch the polished surface and explore what lay behind the oracular pronouncements. At a time when generalizations about the American soul seem risky at best, it is somehow reassuring to learn that even the great Tocqueville was often winging it—and that some of his direst fears have not come to pass…

Read on from Slate

Selections from the Economist’s 2010 Survey of Germany

Here is a review chart that a former APCG student found on the web. It is clearly not perfect but it might well be helpful insofar as it offers an alternative review model.

Government spending has spiraled. See how much it has increased

A graphic illustrating who’s who in Cameron’s cabinet and in each government department

In the name of government  transparency and accountability The Guardian offers the Aristotle program which allows the user to track the record of any given MP.

A whirlwind tour of the UK election campaign from Slate

Britain’s teeming but invisible average earners will decide the coming election. Neither David Cameron nor Gordon Brown seems to understand them. Read about the impact of class on the 2010 election and beyond.

A dynamic, interactive election results map from the Economist

A graph showing how a proportional representation system would have changed the general election result

A chart showing which political parties national newspapers have supported in every general election since 1945 – and who they are endorsing at the 2010 election

Bagehot offers his take on the effect that this election will have on Britons (“Farewell Free Stuff”)

A look into Labour’s Future

In “Learning How to Share” the Economist offers a comparative perspective on coalition governing.

The Great Migration & The Harlem Renaissance

Culture Wars in the Roaring 20′s