American Consequences

Andrew Ferguson

October 2018

Midterm Madness

SUPER BOWL FOR SCALLYWAGS By Andrew Ferguson The Republican Party has been synonymous, at least notionally, with political and cultural conservatism for two generations. Now it is synonymous with President Donald Trump – not “Trumpism,” because...

May 2018

The Social Sciences

In the summer of 2015, a group of well-credentialed researchers announced that they had tried to replicate the findings of the most influential experiments in the field of social psychology... and 61% of the attempted replications failed.

October 2017

Does Character Matter in Politics?

The relationship of character to politics was much in the news last year, as two candidates of – shall we say? – questionable character sought to lead us. Whether the character of our leaders truly matters is a question as old as the idea of self...