Suzanne Mettler, Cornell political scientist, author of The Submerged State: How Invisible Government Policies Undermine American Democracy, and creator of the table that launched 1000 blogposts will be guestblogging with us for a while. We are very happy to have her.

Henry Farrell is associate professor of political science and international affairs at the George Washington University. He blogs at Crooked Timber and The Monkey Cage.