This holiday break, want to find some political TV fiction to stream? Here are one political scientist’s recommendations.
Cream of the crop
“Veep” (HBO, 2012-19) is one of the best shows about U.S. politics ever made. While crass and cynical, it is also steeped in important modern political controversies. It follows the career of Selina Meyer (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), a sidelined vice president who takes the top job when the sitting president resigns, finds herself out of office and then claws her way back in. Read More...
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Its more recent history bristles with naval heroes, sea battles and famous explorers. English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish migrants left their homelands to settle far and wide. And Elizabeth I was not only a notable monarch for being a woman, but for presiding over a famous naval victory, and English forays into New World exploration.
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