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Ron Stockton was a professor of political science at the University of Michigan-Dearborn for 48 years. His specialty was non-western politics and political change. He taught classes on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Religion and Politics, the Politics of Revolution, Non-Western politics, and American politics. He also taught in the Honors Program, focusing upon foundational readings from the 18th and 19th centuries. He has an interest in religion and politics and in the role of religio-ethnic groups in the political system. The listener can anticipate talks on Arab-Americans, Jews, African-Americans, the Scots-Irish, and Evangelicals. He has lectured and written on American politics, public opinion, and voting behavior and on the role of religious organizations and ideologies in the political system. There will be occasional discussions of books and films that address serious issues. And he has lectured and published and even taught a class on gravestones, especially those of different ethnic and religious groups such as Muslims, African-Americans, Jews, and Native Americans. The goal of the podcast series is to provide analysis and commentary by a political scientist to explain and make accessible political, historical, and cultural developments in the United States and around the world, and to give the listener analytical tools to understand those developments. It is also to entertain the listener.© 2026 StocktonAfterClass Ciencia Ciencias Sociales
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  • At War With Iran! You Have To Be Kidding. (Everything You Wanted to Know but Were Afraid to Ask)

    At War With Iran! You Have To Be Kidding. (Everything You Wanted to Know but Were Afraid to Ask)
    Mar 17 2026

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    This is a discussion of the historic context of this war, plus some thoughts on the strategic issues involved.

    Note: At one point I referred to the end of the Gulf War when I meant to say the end of World War II.

    Note: At this point (March 17) opposition to the war is about 53-41. Republicans are very supportive, Democrats opposed. The general pattern in public opinion, is that whenever your country goes to war, you support it, but then support falls off very quickly within a month or so. By 51-29 Americans think the war has made us less safe.



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    36 m
  • Stop Blaming God. When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Rabbi Kushner. The Story of Job, and the Lessons We Can Learn From It.

    Stop Blaming God. When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Rabbi Kushner. The Story of Job, and the Lessons We Can Learn From It.
    Mar 5 2026

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    In 1981 Rabbi Harold Kushner wrote a book on suffering. He decided to write this when he learned that his beloved son Aaron had a terrible disease that would turn him into an old man even as a child. Aaron died at eight. Kushner reflected upon why an innocent child should suffer so much. Could God have prevented this? Kushner turned to the story of Job to try to understand.

    If you like this podcast, I hope you will read the book.

    And another book, Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankel. I also have a podcast on that book.



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    26 m
  • Venezuela And The Trump Empire.

    Venezuela And The Trump Empire.
    Jan 10 2026

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    On January 3 American forces went into Caracas and captured Venezuelan President Maduro. He was taken to the United States to stand trial. Is this a one-off adventure because of a corrupt leader, or does it suggest a broader set of actions of which this is just the first of many?


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    24 m
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