Gerrymandering: Cheating the American Voter by Cathleen McGowan Ten-year census data is so important for our political system. In 2021, after the census is completed, each state will re-draw district lines for state and national governments. These lines will stay for ten yea... Read more
Voting & Your Rights to Vote by Tracy E. Hill, Ph.D. Did you know that Saudi women got the right to vote just a few years ago (2015)? And in Turkey and Belgium, voting is mandatory with more than 85% of citizens showing up to the polls. In the 2010 Rwanda elections, more... Read more
The Psychology of Protests by Tracy E. Hill, Ph.D. A recent paper, “The Activist’s Dilemma,” in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology looks at the effect of extreme behavior on popular support for social movements. Considering this year has been fraught with angst... Read more
Back to Coaching by Peter Kravitz After a 22-year hiatus I have returned to coaching wrestling—like a real-life T. S. Garp. Wrestling has been important in my life. It instantly transformed me from a pudgy teen into a lean one. My suburban 1970s youth was too comfortable. No... Read more
Helen of Troy’s Tears in My Garden by Angie Littlefield I saw a tall weed with a bright-yellow flower in a sumpy ditch when I was driving around a few years back. I stopped to see if I could pull it out, considering its roots might yield from the squidgy soil. Yes! The plant... Read more
Troubled Times – Part 2 by Stu O’Connor Excerpts from the Diaries of Samuel Pepys “Boys do now cry ‘Kiss my Parliament!’ instead of ‘Kiss my arse!’ so great and general a contempt is the Rump come to among all men, good and bad.” – Samuel Pepys 7 February 1660 Diary entry. (... Read more
