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Politics Department Professor and Chair Daniel Wirls wrote an article for The Conversation explaining that the gender-neutral term "representative" is actually the most constitutionally correct way to refer to members of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Professor and Chair of Politics Daniel Wirls wrote an opinion column for the Santa Cruz Sentinel about the Democratic Party's 2024 election strategy.

Politics professor Daniel Wirls talked with KAZU host Doug McKnight about the factors that may affect who Governor Newsom chooses to fill Kamala Harris' open Senate seat. 

In an op-ed for The Conversation, Politics Professor Dan Wirls explains the Senate filibuster–and makes a case for why it should be allowed to die.

Politics Professor Dan Wirls published an op-ed about the nexus today of private interests and national defense, which he calls the "National Security Corporate Complex," in the Washington Post.

Politics Professor Dan Wirls penned a timely op-ed for the Santa Cruz Sentinel, proposing reforms to the terms served by Supreme Court justices.

Politics Professor Dan Wirls penned a scathing opinion column for the San Francisco Chronicle about Washington DC's latest binge of military spending.

Politics Professor Dan Wirls penned an opinion piece for The Conversation about the Senate's 60-vote majority rule, and it was picked up by papers around the country, including the Albany Times-Union and Idaho Press-Tribune.

Politics Professor Dan Wirls warns that if President Trump unleashes another "unchecked military spending spree," he and Congress will compound rather than fix the problems of priorities and waste created by the allocation since 9/11 of trillions of dollars in military spending.

The San Francisco Chronicle published an op-ed by politics professor Daniel Wirls calling for the U.S. to eliminate all land-based nuclear missiles, one leg of the outdated nuclear triad.