Monday, March 16, 2026

The Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics News Archives

Jordan fails to secure speakership; what's next?
AZ Republican leaves Capitol Hill, cites dysfunction
Jim Jordan Can't Escape 'Disdain' From His Republican Colleagues
Dr. John Green visits the Ray Horner Show
Jim Jordan Faces Difficult Choices
Dr. Jill Biden visits Fort Hayes Career Center in Columbus
Battle for control House GOP campaign fund heads to court
Ohio votes on abortion rights this fall. Misinformation about the proposal is spreading
In Ohio and elsewhere, internal conflicts, power struggles became hallmarks of modern GOP


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Ohio billionaire political funder Les Wexner to be deposed by members of Congress in Epstein probe

In this article, Dr. David B. Cohen, professor of political science, offers insight into the politicians who have received donations from Les Wexner over the years. Cohen also serves as director of UA’s Applied Politics program and is a fellow of the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics.

President says US is ‘back’ and scolds Democrats: State of the Union analysis

As a guest on this episode of Sound of Ideas, Dr. David B. Cohen, professor of political science, discusses President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address. Cohen is also director of UA’s Applied Politics program and a fellow of the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics.

Stephen C. Brooks

sbrooks@uakron.edu

  • Coronavirus
  • effect of pandemic on campaigning and voting in Ohio
  • media and politics
  • campaign news
  • campaign advertising


David B. Cohen

dbcohen@uakron.edu

  • American politics
  • president
  • vice president
  • POTUS
  • First Lady
  • White House
  • presidency
  • White House staff
  • chief of staff
  • White House press corps
  • executive branch
  • cabinet
  • Congress
  • House of Representatives
  • Senate
  • campaigns
  • elections
  • voting
  • Ohio politics
  • Ohio Statehouse
  • Ohio legislature
  • public opinion
  • WMD
  • weapons of mass destruction
  • homeland security
  • biological weapons
  • chemical weapons
  • nuclear weapons
  • arms control
  • Politics of coronavirus pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19


John Green

green@uakron.edu

  • Politics
  • religion and politics
  • campaign finance


Karl Kaltenthaler

kck@uakron.edu

  • Coronavirus
  • Global cooperation or lack of cooperation
  • Trade (trade wars)
  • US role in the world
  • Islamist Terrorism
  • ISIS (or IS or ISIL)
  • Al Qaeda
  • Taliban
  • Pakistani terrorist groups
  • Radicalization into Islamist terrorist groups
  • Drones
  • Afghanistan
  • Pakistan
  • Iraq
  • Syria and Middle East security
  • Counterterrorism
  • Intelligence issues
  • National security policy and Muslim public opinion


James T. McHugh

mchugh@uakron.edu

  • Political science
  • political philosophy and ideology
  • democratic theory
  • Canadian politics
  • British politics
  • North American regional cooperation (including NAFTA)
  • human rights
  • international law
  • legal philosophy
  • state constitutions
  • comparative constitutional and legal systems