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The Bliss Institute in the News

Week of May 4, 2012

May 3, 2012                   John Green, Bliss Institute director and distinguished professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in a Deseret News story on Americans tiring of hearing about God on the campaign trail. Text is available at http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865555006/Americans-tiring-of-hearing-about-God-on-campaign-trail.html . David Cohen, Bliss Institute fellow and professor of political …Read More

Week of April 27, 2012

April 27, 2012                John Green, Bliss Institute director and distinguished professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in a Roll Call story on Catholics and the Paul Ryan budget plan. Text is available at http://www.rollcall.com/news/catholics-divided-paul-ryan-budget-plan-214154-1.html?pos=opolh. April 25, 2012                David Cohen, Bliss Institute fellow and professor of political science …Read More

Week of April 20, 2012

April 20, 2012                John Green, Bliss Institute director and distinguished professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in Columbus Dispatch articles on the faith community’s opposition to the death penalty, http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/faith_and_values/2012/04/20/foes-of-executions-re-energized.html ; and Ohio’s economy, http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/04/20/ohios-economy-complicates-race.html. April 19, 2012                John Green, Bliss Institute director and distinguished professor of …Read More

Week of April 13, 2012

April 12, 2012                A recent Bliss Institute of Applied politics study is cited in a Huffington Post story on the lack of pro-LGBT religious voices in mainstream media. Text is available at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ross-murray/pro-lgbt-christian-voices_b_1418604.html. April 11, 2012                John Green, Bliss Institute director and distinguished professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, …Read More

Week of April 6, 2012

April 6, 2012                  Journalists sensationalize religion coverage, according to a recent study by the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at UA and the Knight Program in Media and Religion at the University of Southern California. Coverage is available from the Cleveland Plain Dealer, http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2012/04/journalists_sensationalize_rel.html and Washington Post, http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/guest-voices/post/do-you-have-faith-in-the-media/2012/04/05/gIQALA2fxS_blog.html. April 4, 2012                  John Green, …Read More

Week of March 23, 2012

March 23, 2012              John Green, Bliss Institute director and distinguished professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in an MSN story on Republicans rallying around a cause, http://news.ph.msn.com/lifestyle/article.aspx?cp-documentid=6023053 ; and a WWNO-FM story on campaign spending, http://www.wwno.org/post/romney-superpac-outspend-rivals-combined . David Cohen, Bliss Institute fellow and professor of political science …Read More

Week of March 16, 2012

March 16, 2012              John Green, Bliss Institute director and distinguished professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in articles on the GOP presidential primary available from the National Catholic Register, http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/why-does-santorum-appeal-more-to-evangelicals-than-catholics/ ; and the AFP via Bay Ledger News, http://www.blnz.com/news/2012/03/15/Would_Santorum_hand_Obama_second_96b1.html. March 15, 2012              John Green, Bliss Institute director …Read More

Week of March 9, 2012

March 9, 2012                 John Green, Bliss Institute director and distinguished professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in an Associated Press article on Mitt Romney’s struggle with evangelical voters. The story appeared in media across the country and can be viewed at http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/view/20120308mitt_romney_heads_south_into_evangelical_states/   David Cohen, Bliss Institute fellow …Read More

Week of March 2, 2012

March 2, 2012                 John Green, Bliss Institute director and distinguished professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in a Cincinnati Enquirer story on a campaign to put an issue on the ballot that would overturn a gay marriage ban in Ohio’s constitution. Text is available at http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20120301/NEWS010801/303010220/Battle-over-same-sex-marriage-may-return?odyssey=nav%7Chead . …Read More

Week of February 24, 2012

February 24, 2012        John Green, Bliss Institute director and distinguished professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in a Sacramento Bee story on GOP uneasiness about Rick Santorum’s views, http://www.sacbee.com/2012/02/24/4287066/some-in-gop-uneasy-over-santorums.html; and a Columbus Dispatch story on contraception, http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/faith_and_values/2012/02/24/contraception-sparks-political-controversy.html. February 23, 2012        A Cleveland Plain Dealer columnist visited UA’s …Read More