Twitter has taken the center and pushed it to the margins, while the extremists roll in to occupy the empty space By Andrew Ferguson First, American politics was overtaken by the blogs. I didn’t like them much, either...
By Andrew Ferguson If I may begin on a personal note: I’m a veritable Little Mary Sunshine, all-star division. Show me a half-empty glass and I’ll swear it’s half-full. Show me an empty glass and I’ll show you how to...
Like What FDR Did, Except the Trees Get Social Security By Andrew Ferguson Among much else – reporter, humorist, analyst, a Yoda for the Upper West Side – the New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman considers himself a...
The Social Sciences Strikes Again By Andrew Ferguson The vast majority of social psychologists – easily over 90%, by most estimates – count themselves on the left politically and culturally. So it’s no big surprise that...
Why commercialization can’t kill the Spirit of Christmas By Andrew Ferguson If you asked me to name my favorite Christmas song – though I can’t imagine why on Earth you would do such a thing – I would offer a list...
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...
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...
Those of us who get paid to commit acts of political journalism are fond of overstatement. The trade tends to attract excitable types, easily bored and always on the prowl for new stimuli. I’m not going to say that the...
