http://backstoryradio.org/stuck-a-history-of-gridlock-and-system-breakdown/ VFH Radio at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities Sun, 19 May 2013 03:01:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://backstoryradio.org/stuck-a-history-of-gridlock-and-system-breakdown/comment-page-1/#comment-121135 Elizabeth Shepherd Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:36:29 +0000 http://backstoryradio.org/?p=7860#comment-121135 What role has media played in gridlock and the portrayal of that gridlock? Prof. Balogh, how did the advent of, first, radio then CSPAN affect Congressional gridlock? Prof. Ayers, did newspaper coverage affect the political gridlock proceeding the Civil War? And Prof Onuf, did media play a part in the Federalist/Anti Federalist gridlock at the end of the 18th/beginning of the 19th century?

]]> http://backstoryradio.org/stuck-a-history-of-gridlock-and-system-breakdown/comment-page-1/#comment-120717 Kathleen Craig Wed, 20 Mar 2013 09:59:23 +0000 http://backstoryradio.org/?p=7860#comment-120717 Is there any relationship between political gridlock and our tendency to be litigious? How about the high divorce rate? Hung juries?

]]> http://backstoryradio.org/stuck-a-history-of-gridlock-and-system-breakdown/comment-page-1/#comment-117433 Brian Parkinson Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:55:17 +0000 http://backstoryradio.org/?p=7860#comment-117433 What about Madison’s argument in Federalist #10 that political gridlock is a good thing because it protects minority rights and individual liberty?

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