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Michael New
Michael New (born November 10, 1975) is an American political scientist, a visiting associate professor at the Catholic University of America, and an associate scholar with the Charlotte Lozier Institute. New's research has focused on legislation that restricts abortion. Anti-abortion groups have cited New's research to argue for the effectiveness of various types of state level laws restricting abortion rights, including informed consent laws, parental involvement laws, and public funding restrictions. New's research has also been used to validate Presidential platforms for and against abortion restrictions. Anti-abortion groups have used his research to encourage Rudy Giuliani to support abortion restrictions, and to challenge claims by Howard Dean. New's secondary research is on tax-limitation amendments, such as Colorado's Taxpayer Bill of Rights. New's studies on tax limitation amendments have been used by both supporters of California's Proposition 13 and supporters o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Political Scientist
Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and laws. Modern political science can generally be divided into the three subdisciplines of comparative politics, international relations, and political theory. Other notable subdisciplines are public policy and administration, domestic politics and government, political economy, and political methodology. Furthermore, political science is related to, and draws upon, the fields of economics, law, sociology, history, philosophy, human geography, political anthropology, and psychology. Political science is methodologically diverse and appropriates many methods originating in psychology, social research, and political philosophy. Approaches include positivism, interpretivism, rational choice theory, behaviouralism, structuralism, post-struc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Witherspoon Institute
The Witherspoon Institute is a conservative think tank in Princeton, New Jersey. The Institute was founded in 2003 by Princeton University professor and conservative Robert P. George, Luis Tellez, and others involved with the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions. Named after John Witherspoon, one of the signers of the United States Declaration of Independence, the institute's fellows include Harold James, John Joseph Haldane, and James R. Stoner, Jr. History The Witherspoon Institute opposes abortion and same-sex marriage and deals with embryonic stem cell research, constitutional law, and globalization. In 2003, it organized a conference on religion in modern societies. In 2006, Republican Senator Sam Brownback cited a Witherspoon document called ''Marriage and the Public Good: Ten Principles'' in a debate over a constitutional amendment against same-sex marriage. It held a conference about pornography named ''The Social Costs of Pornography'' at Princ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dartmouth College Alumni
This list of alumni of Dartmouth College includes alumni and current students of Dartmouth College and its graduate schools. In addition to its undergraduate program, Dartmouth offers graduate degrees in nineteen departments and includes three graduate schools: the Tuck School of Business, the Thayer School of Engineering, and Dartmouth Medical School. Since its founding in 1769, Dartmouth has graduated classes of students and today has approximately 66,500 living alumni. This list uses the following notation: *Dartmouth College, D or unmarked years – recipient of Dartmouth College Bachelor of Arts *Dartmouth Medical School, DMS – recipient of Dartmouth Medical School degree (Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, Bachelor of Medicine 1797–1812, Doctor of Medicine 1812–present) *Thayer School of Engineering, Th – recipient of any of several Thayer School of Engineering degrees (see Thayer School of Engineering#Academics) *Tuck School of Business, T – recipient of Tuck Sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Catholic High School (Pittsburgh) Alumni
Central Catholic High School may refer to: *Central Catholic High School (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) *Central Catholic High School (Modesto, California) *Central Catholic High School (Bloomington, Illinois) *Central Catholic High School (Morgan City, Louisiana) * Central Catholic High School (Lawrence, Massachusetts) *Central Catholic High School (Grand Island, Nebraska) *Central Catholic High School (West Point, Nebraska) *Central Catholic High School (Perry Township, Ohio) *Central Catholic High School (Toledo, Ohio) *Central Catholic High School (Portland, Oregon) *Central Catholic High School (DuBois, Pennsylvania) Other schools *Allentown Central Catholic High School, in Allentown, Pennsylvania * Billings Central Catholic High School, in Billings, Montana * Central Catholic Marianist High School, in San Antonio, Texas * Cleveland Central Catholic High School in Cleveland, Ohio *Detroit Catholic Central High School, in Novi, Michigan *Greensburg Central Catholic High School, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ave Maria University Faculty
''Alta Velocidad Española'' (''AVE'') is a service of high-speed rail in Spain operated by Renfe, the Spanish national railway company, at speeds of up to . As of December 2021, the Spanish high-speed rail network, on part of which the AVE service runs, is the longest HSR network in Europe with and the second longest in the world, after China's. AVE trains run on a network of high-speed rail track owned and managed by ADIF (''Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias''), where other high speed (, Alvia, Avlo) and mid-speed ( Altaria) services also operate. The first line was opened in 1992, connecting the cities of Madrid, Córdoba and Seville. Unlike the rest of the Iberian broad gauge network, the AVE uses standard gauge. This permits direct connections to outside Spain through the link to the French network at the Perthus Tunnel. AVE trains are operated by Renfe, but private companies may be able to operate trains in the future using other brands, in accordance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
