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This is a fun story to share. In my AP Government and Politics class, the students are playing a role-playing game designed by John Patrick Coby wherein we recreate the

I am really struck by how the polls have given a false impression of public opinion over the last several years. Trump got about 47% of the vote. During his

On a policy basis, the Trump Administration has been one of the most consequential in my lifetime. If he could have just acted the way Americans expect the president to

Politics is not church. Government is not salvation.https://twitter.com/JimCarrey/status/1313678218755338240 Too many on the left AND the right have made this error in the last 40 years. Politics rightly understood should be

Indeed, human beings are *not* differentiated from other species by the awareness that someday they will not exist.This awareness has *not* been a driving force in art, philosophy, music, literature,

You mean roll over for Donald Trump when he had the power to do something?Yeah. They did that.https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1293581609959067648 Remember that debate when Rubio and Cruz ganged up on Trump, but

It strikes me as increasingly relevant to know what is going on with covid19 in Mexico and Central America. To what extent are our southern states mimicking their curve? I

CDC Chief wants me to watch my summer bbq but won't come out and condemn mass gatherings like the protests or Trump's Tulsa rally.https://radio.foxnews.com/2020/06/12/doors-opening-under-the-cloud-of-a-pandemic/ Credibility is preci

This only works if you price in that Truth (with a capital-T no less!!!) is deeply, widely, and perpetually contested.https://twitter.com/marcambinder/status/1265869444900773888 Trump makes it seem easier than it is because he

The inability of political leaders to speak realistically about the enormous trade-offs we are making is thoroughly disheartening.https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1264583870508384256 You can call it "distance learning," yo

I know the Blue Checks are all abuzz about Pence or some stupid crap, but there is a real story here in western Pennsylvania. Tom Wolf opened up all of

I have a few thoughts I'd like to sharing that reconcile the anti-quarantine protests with the polls showing widespread approval for government policies. 1/ Obedience to the law is bottomed