November 28, 2022 The Five Paragraph Essay is Dead! Long Live the Five Paragraph Essay I just found this essay, and it reminded me of some of our conversations in class about your mid-term papers. See if it makes…
October 25, 2022 Breathtaking News! Another Ivy League Town does away with Mandatory Minimum Parking Rules For New Construction Hi class, Our nemeses in Cambridge (via their city council) have done away with parking minimums, which is arguably a way to get more…
October 21, 2022 Prof L’s semi-artiuclate podcast appearances Hello FRS 143! I hope everyone has had a restorative break and you’re getting to dig into the fall weather. As I mentioned to…
October 11, 2022 Los Angeles CW: racialized and homophobic language – not required reading https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/11/us/los-angeles-city-council-race.html This evolving story about the LA City Council is super interesting because it shows…
September 19, 2022 TED Ed Video on Plato’s Allegory of the Cave Hi Class – here is a somewhat helpful video that talks about Plato’s Allegory of the Cave. It’s a bit reductive, but has some…
September 4, 2022 Washington Post article on the theater of Civic Participation Here is an article I wrote this summer for The Washington Post, on the origins of my own City Council Meeting performance and some…
August 19, 2022 Welcome to Is Politics a Performance – Fall 2022! Welcome to Princeton, to our Freshman Seminar and to our blog! I am looking forward to meeting you and learning with you. This blog…