A Glimpse Behind the Curtain: Tales of Real Policy Making
This is the fourth and final installment of a multipart series providing insight into government operations from a former staffer…
Why Democracies Give Us Unwanted Policies: The Politicians
This is the third of a multipart series providing insight into government operations from a former staffer. In my previous…
Why Democracies Give Us Unwanted Policies: The Voters
This is the second of a multipart series providing insight into government operations from a former staffer. Everyone in the…
The Training Grounds of Democracy
This is the first of a multi-part series providing insight into government operations from a former staffer. In 1932, Supreme…
Faith, Family, and Freedom Beyond the Water’s Edge: Foreign Policy Priorities for Christian Conservatives in the Second Trump Administration
Christian conservatives in the United States tend to have a strong domestic focus where policy is concerned. The “Faith, Family,…
Jesus Won: How God is taking center stage at the college football national championship
God is doing incredible things in the world of sports, particularly college football! On August 25, 2024, at the beginning…
Zuckerberg’s Meta-morphosis on Social Media Censorship
On January 7, 2025, Mark Zuckerberg released a video announcement about imminent DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) changes at Meta,…
Uncle Sam is Your Sugar Daddy: How Sugar Policy Contributed to the Rise in Diabetes
The Butterfly Effect, attributed to meteorologist Edward Lorenz, is the idea that small actions in one part of the world…
Ten Commandments Displays in Public Schools
The Ten Commandments have long been understood as articulating central religious and moral duties accepted by almost everyone (at least…
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Review of Timothy S. Goeglein, Stumbling Toward Utopia: How the 1960s Turned into a National Nightmare and How We Can Revive the American Dream (Nashville: Fidelis, 2024).
From Plato to Rousseau to Marx, all utopian thinkers have had an optimistic view of human nature. That is, they…