Lana Stein
Lana Stein is emeritus professor of political science at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. She is the author of several books and journal articles about urban politics, political behavior and bureaucracy.
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 29, 2012 - In many European countries, the central government can adjust municipal boundaries,…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 13, 2011 - In writing about human decision making, New York Times columnist David Brooks notes…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 4, 2011 - Herman Cain is the latest example of someone in public life to be accused of sexual…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 26, 2011 - The theme that the United States is an exceptional nation has reverberated in our…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 14, 2011 - As a graduate student, I learned the fallacy of ascribing a single cause to a…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 1, 2011 - In his examination of the nature of scientific inquiry, Thomas Kuhn postulated that…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 2, 2011 - Recently, drama critic Hilton Als wrote about Chekhov in The New Yorker. Als noted…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 15, 2011 - For centuries, philosophers have debated the nature of human beings and the form of…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 22, 2011 - Changing control of St. Louis's police department from state to local hands is a…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 16, 2010 - Many Americans view the United States as an exceptional country, destined to spread…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 21, 2010 - Many reporters and commentators who analyze the 2010 elections have remarked on an…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 15, 2010 - F. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote that "The rich are very different than you and me."…