Assessing Polling Data
What to look for
Latest
Recent Polling Data
Reporting unprecedented results
The Pope's popularity in Iraq
My pope story. What's yours?
Deportation as punishment
It's been going on a long time.
Sunday Soul: Resurrection
Would you recognize him? Christians around the world are celebrating Resurrection today. During Holy Week they commemorate the wrongful arrest and torture of Jesus, and the rest of the year most find no irony in ignoring all those wrongfully arrested and tortured in our own day. Lately I have been
Fact v. Analysis
Do you know the difference?
What makes someone a "terrorist?"
It's not what you think
It's my birthday
I'll cry if I want to
Sunday Soul: Lament
The center of promise that was the United States of America is ended and broken. Lament is the task of this moment.
Authoritarianism
It can't happen here. Right?
Things you can do
Fight for your democracy
#HandsOff my state capacity
No one appreciates my humor
#CollectiveActionProblems
How's that for a sexy hashtag?
An obituary of sorts for the Wilson Center
The think tank is the latest victim of DOGE's war on state capacity
Meeting this moment
Five years ago, the "Dixie Chicks" changed their name to "the Chicks." Their explanation was simple: "We wanted to meet this moment," they wrote on their website.
USIP and Presidential Accountability
The situation has become symbolic of a larger issue - is the President above the rule of law?
Sunday Soul: Loving Containment
a kind of contraction to proceed a flourishing
Autonomy and Higher Ed Reform in Ohio
If the state is autonomous from citizens, you might not live in a democracy.
Jacking our government joint
Recently I texted my friend and acupuncturist Adam. I told him I was having pain in my shoulder. "Where?" he asked. I sent him a picture pointing at the exact spot. He informed me that I "jacked my AC joint."
Sunday Soul: Prophetic Imagination
Sunday is a great day to envision an alternative future of widespread human flourishing, to sit quietly, and to let right action arise by itself.
Regime change: Do we live in a democracy?
Scholars are already sounding the alarm.
The Bureaucracy is not the Deep State
isn't that obvious?
The State: Actor or Arena?
I lean toward viewing the state as an actor.
The State
While I regret the impact that these firings have on former employees of the executive branch, that is really the least interesting aspect of this story.