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Ethan Fishman

Ethan Fishman is the author of The Prudential Presidency and a professor of political science at the University of South Alabama.

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Unto Caesar

Religious groups that have allied themselves with politicians, and vice versa, have ignored at their peril the lessons of Roger Williams and U.S. history

by Ethan Fishman | Saturday, September 01, 2007
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Laissez-Faire Run Amok

The extremist, and enduring, philosophy of Ayn Rand

by Ethan Fishman | Tuesday, December 01, 2009
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Not Compassionate, Not Conservative

A political traditionalist critiques our pseudo-conservative president

by Ethan Fishman | Friday, December 01, 2006
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After the Storm

by Stephanie Bastek

In the wake of Hurricane Dorian, we’re revisiting our interview with environmental reporter Elizabeth Rush. Smarty Pants host Stephanie Bastek asks what the future looks like for America’s coastal residents, especially as climate change contributes to rising sea levels and worsening storm seasons. “The options for the people and animals in these places is stark: retreat or die,” Bastek says. “Those are the options we generally associate with far-off islands, like Fuji or Kiribati. But dramatic, life-changing climate change is happening right now in our own backyard.”