Month: March 2014

Newtown Public Opinion on Gun Policy—the Disconnect with Political Action

Guest Post by Beth McGinty and Colleen Barry Fourteen months ago, the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary school prompted a national dialogue about gun violence. The weeks and months following the shooting provided a rare window of opportunity for policymakers to garner the public support and political will needed to strengthen gun laws in the…

Newtown Public Opinion on Gun Policy—the Disconnect with Political Action

Guest Post by Beth McGinty and Colleen Barry Fourteen months ago, the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary school prompted a national dialogue about gun violence. The weeks and months following the shooting provided a rare window of opportunity for policymakers to garner the public support and political will needed to strengthen gun laws in the…

On the anniversary of his birth, a handful of books honoring Albert Einstein

Hands down, Albert Einstein was THE giant of the twentieth century, and so it's only appropriate and expected that scholars and laypersons alike would continue to celebrate his life, work, and legacy in books, films, and other works well into the twenty-first century. No slouches here at JHU Press, we've been publishing books about Einstein…

On the anniversary of his birth, a handful of books honoring Albert Einstein

Hands down, Albert Einstein was THE giant of the twentieth century, and so it's only appropriate and expected that scholars and laypersons alike would continue to celebrate his life, work, and legacy in books, films, and other works well into the twenty-first century. No slouches here at JHU Press, we've been publishing books about Einstein…