Thomas Flanagan (political scientist)

"Finally, it should also be noted that the very existence of a bicameral legislature is itself another defence of the status quo."

"Public opinion can become polarized into a bimodal distribution with only a few people in the centre and many more lying toward the extremes. But under such circumstances, democracy will probably brea…"

"In its Morgentaler decision of January 1988, the Supreme Court of Canada struck down the centrepiece of Canada's abortion law, section 251 of the Criminal Code. The court held that it conflicted with …"

"Thomas Flanagan: Well I'm feeling pretty manly today..."

"But if politics is an art, it is not like sculpture or painting, where one side acts and the other is passive material. It is more like drama without a script, or dance without choreography - in other…"

"Evan Solomon: Just for the record that's pretty harsh stuff.."

"There is no iron law here, but there is clearly some tendency for larger-than-necessary coalitions to disintegrate."

"The foot, the pound, and the pint are all close to the size of many things used in daily life. In contrast, the metre, the kilogram, and the litre are all rather large, and the centimetre, the gram, a…"