Susan McWilliams

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Susan McWilliams is Associate Professor of Politics at Pomona College in Claremont, CA. She is the author of Traveling Back: Toward a Global Political Theory (Oxford University Press, forthcoming).

Recent Essays

Facebook and Friendship

Susan McWilliams - February 18, 2010

Whatever else you make of Facebook friendship, it underscores the great and significant discrepancy between: 1) the scale of contemporary life, and 2) the scale of friendship.

Building Something of Our Own

Susan McWilliams - February 4, 2010

It may be the great sentiment of this American moment: “I want to build something of my own. How do you not understand that?”

Here’s a sign of the times: if you’re worried about what all these digital and internet technologies are going to do to books, you can join a movement to signal your support of books (and other pen-and-inked things). Here’s what really makes that a sign of the times: the movement is online.

Talk To Me, Barack

Susan McWilliams - January 28, 2010

Obama is suffering because whether or not it is true, he seems not to understand what is going on around the country. Whether or not it is true, he seems uninterested in making his proposals understood. As a result, he seems distant – the kind of guy who doesn’t really get you as a person – and the first thing that he must use to bridge that seeming distance is speech.

The Book You Should Read This Year

Susan McWilliams - January 8, 2010

Claremont, CA. They call it the “Superman Syndrome.” People who use methamphetamine often believe that they are capable of doing impossible things. Like flying....

Kill Your Kindle

Susan McWilliams - December 8, 2009

Claremont, CA. When my mother came to visit last week, she brought a copy of The Yiddish Policeman’s Union with her. Before she departed...

The Decline of David Brooksian Civilization

Susan McWilliams - November 24, 2009

Claremont, CA. Men of Western civilization, take note: David Brooks thinks that you – and he – are done for. In a recent exchange with...

The Young and the Insurance-Less

Susan McWilliams - November 20, 2009

Claremont, CA. In the current conversation on health care, we often hear that the crises of costs and coverage are problems that come with...

You’re Probably Looking For Porn

Susan McWilliams - October 27, 2009

Claremont, CA. If you don’t want to read the new report from Harvard Business School, titled “Understanding Users of Social Networks,” you can just...

Swine Flu’s Real Exposure

Susan McWilliams - October 20, 2009

Claremont, CA. The most haunting, awful scenes in Thucydides’s history of the Pelopponesian war are those describing the Athenian plague. The plague emerged in the...

It’s Really Come To This.

Susan McWilliams - October 16, 2009

Claremont, CA. This is just too good. Driving near Universal City last weekend, I saw a sign for what is possibly the most mind-blowing business...

The Old College Try

Susan McWilliams - October 13, 2009

Claremont, CA. The New York Times has joined a host of other publications asking the question: Is college worth it? And again, just like...