Biologists in Public Policy
The input of biologists in public policy can help us understand the disruptions of human progress; one example is ‘the bourgeois strategy’.
Politics
The Political Animal
Starting Wars: Anger Manipulation
Starting wars and anger manipulation benefit the powerful: politically, economically, and ideologically.
Could Franken Crush Trump… as a Republican?
There is one man, and one initiative, which just might save the world from Donald Trump: we need to run Al Franken for President.
Kings, Conquerors: The Moderate Voice Interview
“The term ‘must-read’ has been soooooo overused. But Kings, Conquerors, Psychopaths is a must-read… must-own… and, most of all, a must-ponder.”
—Joe Gandelman
Trump’s Weakness
As the press and the broadcast media focus on Trump’s repulsive behaviors, they are missing Trump’s weakness completely.
Kicking the Can Down the Road, Cementing Cans
When citizens want one thing and lobbyists want another, often we end up kicking the can down the road; we should be cementing cans after they’re kicked.
‘Talk Louisiana’ on WRKF, ‘From Bayou to Beltway’ on KRVS
Hear Joseph N. Abraham on ‘Talk Louisiana’ and ‘Bayou to Beltway,’ on NPR’s WRKF & KRVS, talking politics and his book, Kings, Conquerors, Psychopaths.
Trump’s Wall: The Great Wall of Defeat
The Right wants to build Trump’s Wall at the southern U.S. border, insisting it will be a triumph; history suggests that it will be a Great Wall of Defeat.
Trump’s Narcissism and the Goldwater Rule
Donald Trump’s narcissism is a large concern, but so is the Goldwater Rule, which insists that we should ignore the 300 pound menace in the Oval Office.
The Damning Trump Tweetstorm
Thursday witnessed a bizarre Trump tweetstorm: he declared the Mueller investigation was in chaos, when what we’re really seeing is Trump unhinged.