James Q. Wilson’s prophecy By Scott Walter | 25 Mar 2012 | 219 views Most social scientists slight ordinary men and women in favor of statistics and grand theories. Not James Q. Wilson. A prominent political scientist who recently died, Wilson cared enough about the ordinary Joe to ponder his life and his community keenly. [...]

2nd Opinion: The last acceptable prejudice? By Byron Johnson Published: November 11, 2011 In early May 1990, after turning in final grades for the spring semester, my departmental chair walked into my office with a big smile on his face and handed me a letter from the university president. It was a non-renewal letter. I [...]