ABSTRACT
When the old Chinese prophet said “May you live in interesting times,” he intended it as a curse. There is a curse hovering over political science, and it is the possibility of being excluded from the struggle to define precisely what is interesting in our millennium. All teachers and debaters know that whoever sets the terms of discourse will almost always determine the outcome. Naming the game is the name of the game, and admission to this contest is controlled by gatekeepers who see little if anything to be gained from recognizing political science as a major player. We must speak truth to power, but is power willing to listen?
