No one knows how to party like political scientists know how to party. OK, so they aren't actually partying this weekend, but they will be having a major conference here in our back yard.
An estimated 200 or more political science panelists from this country and Canada will converge Friday at the FDR site in Hyde Park and Saturday on the campus of Marist College in Poughkeepsie for the 61st annual conference of the New York State Political Science Association.
Gannett News Service's Albany bureau chief, Jay Gallagher, will deliver the keynote address Friday evening in Hyde Park. (Gannett also owns the Poughkeepsie Journal.)
The conference is intended for scholars, students and government officials, though others are welcome, too. If you're curious about the association click here.
A (mostly) unrelated side note: Some of you might be familiar with a song called "Political Scientist" by alt-country rocker Ryan Adams, who is scheduled to perform May 16 in Kingston.
The song, from the album "Love is Hell," is less about academics who teach and study political science than it is about the decay of civilization and politicians who allow it to happen. Bleak stuff, but perhaps it will end up as required listening in a college course someday.
But I'm not the PoJo's music writer. If that's your bag, check out John Barry's blog.
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