Blog Challenge:  Religion in America

Blog Challenge: Religion in America

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of...
Political Behavior and Schools of Fish

Political Behavior and Schools of Fish

I was on my walk today, and a decent metaphor explaining political behavior came to the surface: a school of fish. I think I was imagining myself standing in a cold stream being mocked by trout, but that morphed into a school of fish.  The underlying psychology of...

Best Books of 2022 for political practitioners

Introduction So begins the 30 day blogging challenge.  My thought is to start with an easy one and ease into it. A graduate student asked me what book I read this year that I would recommend to practitioners of political affairs. Seeing that I have seeming spent a...