The Forum

A scholarly journal publishing original research on issues in contemporary American politics. Contributors include social scientists, historians, and legal scholars, examining such topics as electoral reform, campaign finance, Presidential popularity, and Congressional productivity. The editorial aim is to produce a journal free of a fixed ideological position and requiring no particular verdict with respect to public policies or institutions..

The battle over a U.S. culture war: a note on inflated rhetoric versus...
September 01, 2005

Fundamentals and fundamentalists: a reply to ames et al.
September 01, 2005

Local politics: a different front in the culture war? *.
September 01, 2005

Red and blue deja vu: measuring political polarization in the 2004 ele...
September 01, 2005

The deeper "culture wars" questions *.
September 01, 2005

Social science in the public interest: to what extent did the media co...
September 01, 2005

Why can't we all just get along? The reality of a polarized America *.
September 01, 2005

Hide the republicans, the Christians, and the women: a response to "po...
September 01, 2005

Response to Sadow.
March 14, 2005

From Bosnia to Baghdad: the tension between unilateralism and transfor...
March 14, 2005

The media: what they are today, and how they got that way *.
March 14, 2005

Politics and professional advancement among college faculty *.
March 14, 2005

Partisanship, Chauvinism, and reverse racial dynamics in the 2003 Loui...
March 14, 2005

Ralph Nader and the Green Party: the double-edged sword of a candidate...
March 14, 2005

George W. Bush, presidential party leadership extraordinaire? *.
December 13, 2004

Bush cabinet nominations: how will they fare in the Senate? *.
December 13, 2004

The presidential election of 2004: the fundamentals and the campaign *...
November 15, 2004

Up, up and away! Voter participation in the 2004 presidential election...
November 15, 2004

Terrorism, gay marriage, and incumbency: explaining the Republican vic...
November 15, 2004

Kansas politics in the bigger picture: a review essay of what's the ma...
November 15, 2004

Book review: Bill Clinton, My Life.
November 15, 2004

An alternative account of the 2004 presidential election *.
November 15, 2004

Generational conflict in urban politics: the 2002 Newark mayoral elect...
July 19, 2004

Ohio: the heart of it all.
July 19, 2004

Bellwether politics in Missouri.
July 19, 2004

Judicial confessions: John F. Kerry, Catholics, and the Supreme Court ...
July 19, 2004

Florida: too close to call, again?! *.
July 19, 2004

Fahrenheit 9/11: a review?
July 19, 2004

Fahrenheit red, fahrenheit blue.
July 19, 2004

The degeneration of American political culture and the documentary fil...
July 19, 2004

The Ninth Amendment and the negative pregnant *.
July 19, 2004

Will America ever pay? Racial justice and reparations *.
July 19, 2004

From the end of the nomination contest to the start of the national co...
June 14, 2004

Red and blue scare: the continuing diversity of the American electoral...
June 14, 2004

In the wake of BCRA: an early report on campaign finance in the 2004 e...
June 14, 2004

Why the democrats can win this year *.
June 14, 2004

What's right with our universities ... and what's wrong.
June 14, 2004

Balancing security and privacy in the information and terrorism age: d...
June 14, 2004

The apology of Nader's raiders: third parties, speech acts, and moral ...
June 14, 2004

Response to Philip A. Klinkner's "Red and Blue Scare: the continuing d...
June 14, 2004

Counter response from Klinkner to Bishop and Cushing.
June 14, 2004

A "permanent" Republican House? Patterns of voter performance and the ...
March 18, 2004

The rise and fall of Howard Dean and other notes on the 2004 Democrati...
March 18, 2004

What the rise of the Republicans as America's first ideological party ...
March 18, 2004

Black, white, brown and Cajun: the racial dynamics of the 2003 Louisia...
March 18, 2004

Public support for both the environment and an anti-environmental pres...
March 18, 2004

Like father, like son: testing the Bush I-Bush II comparison predictio...
March 18, 2004

September 11: symbolism and responses to "9/11".
November 17, 2003

An irresponsible intrusion.
November 17, 2003

Handicapping the 2004 nomination race: an early fall prospectus.
November 14, 2003

Schwarzenegger in transition: time to govern.
November 14, 2003

George W. Bush's presidential project and its prospects.
November 14, 2003

California recall voting: nuggets of California gold for voting behavi...
November 14, 2003

Ninth circuit erred in allowing recall election with punch card votes.
November 14, 2003

Money and politics: the long view.
June 13, 2003

How to spin the 2002 election.
May 08, 2003

Pick a name. Any name.
May 08, 2003

The presidential election of 2004.
May 08, 2003

Will changing the rules change the game? Front-loading and the 2004 de...
May 08, 2003

The fifty-something president.
May 08, 2003

Un-muddling homeland security: design principles for national security...
November 04, 2002

Barbarians at and behind the gates: the loss of contingency and the se...
November 04, 2002

Pre-emptive war, Iraq, and suicide bombers.
November 04, 2002

Institutional re-orientation and change: security as a learning strate...
November 04, 2002

The changing leadership of George W. Bush: a pre- and post- 9/11 compa...
July 17, 2002

American presidential elections: the last one and the next one.
July 11, 2002

The Bush presidency after 9/11: shifting the kaleidoscope.
July 11, 2002

The American people and president Bush.
July 11, 2002

The first--year foreign policy of Bush the younger.
June 26, 2002

Weighing Bush's foreign policy.(George W. Bush)
June 26, 2002