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

Notes from the Canal Zone

Susan McWilliams - September 30, 2009

Claremont, CA. On the flight home, I read an issue of Delta Sky Magazine that listed the Panama Canal as one of “70 Wonders...

You’ve Got Mail. But Not For Long.

Susan McWilliams - August 28, 2009

Claremont, CA. Tomato, the main character in Erika Lopez’s terrifically kooky Flaming Iguanas, loves the post office. She says, to be precise, that she...

Big Secrets

Susan McWilliams - August 14, 2009

Claremont, CA. Yesterday I was walking past the post office in my latte-liberal, bohemian-bourgeois town, when I saw a picture of President Obama made...

Advice For Up-And-Comers

Susan McWilliams - August 6, 2009

Claremont, CA. I spoke last week at the New Jersey Governor’s School for Public Issues, a (mostly) state-funded summer program for civic-minded students about...

Turn On, Tune In, Watch TV

Susan McWilliams - July 21, 2009

Claremont, CA. I am not ashamed to admit it: I like television. I think television is important. I think television is worth watching. Oh, I...

Working with Words

Susan McWilliams - July 14, 2009

A few years ago I dated a guy who seemed terrific. Nate (not his real name) was cute, smart, funny, and athletic. Oh, and...

Away We’ve Gone

Susan McWilliams - July 7, 2009

Claremont, CA. When she is six months pregnant with their baby, Verona and her boyfriend Burt almost move to Montreal – because a couple...

Will Wendell Be Jailed?

Susan McWilliams - June 30, 2009

Claremont, CA. Wendell Berry, writer and farmer and hero to the people, might move from the farmhouse to the big house. Speaking at one of...

So: Are We Hypocrites?

Susan McWilliams - June 16, 2009

Claremont, CA. A student has confronted me about Front Porch Republic. So now I'm writing the post that I've known I would have to...

The Big (Organic) Apple

Susan McWilliams - June 9, 2009

Claremont, CA. The Big Apple dreams of the organic apple. Everywhere you look in The New York Times these days, somebody is talking about organic...

The New “Freedom”

Susan McWilliams - June 3, 2009

Claremont, CA. Becka flew into my office, so excited that she was out of breath. "Professor," she asked, "have you heard about freedom?" I couldn't...

Another Bad Idea In American Public Schooling

Susan McWilliams - May 28, 2009

Claremont, CA. Outside of Los Angeles County, few people have heard about the latest dangerous idea in public education. Two local public school districts have...