First, calling "political science" a science is an oximoron. That said, mathematics, when taught properly, teaches a student to break problems down and solve them, logically. I'm afraid that the methods used in classrooms today do not aproach mathematics in a way that allows many students to gain that primary skill.

GM has a history of car automatic transmissions that fail at 60K miles, so the elimination of it from the drive train is a positive thing. Now, will they continue to make cars that handle like a rolling water balloon?

"Government either refines the quality or it magnifies the faults of the people which it represents in the measure that it is itself influenced by those individuals." Well said. Do you mind if I use that in my email signature? Apathy and voters only looking at the curtain and not what is behind it is the real problem with politics. If you only represent yourself with your vote, your voice is lost in the noise.