In our tangled political landscape, it is increasingly important to harbor a healthy skepticism about the world around us. However, the misinformed conspiracy theories that have become emboldened by ...

A recent study published in Social Psychological and Personality Science suggests that people who are highly active in ...

One of the greatest honors of my career has been receiving the inaugural 2022 Edwin Meese III Originalism Award. My lecture was titled Originalism and Stare Decisis in the Lower Courts. The winners in ...

Much of the psychological research on conspiracy theories to date has focused on trying to explain why people believe them. But unlike the idiosyncratic and unshared nature of delusional thinking that ...

I’m sometimes asked by students in my political theory classes, “Professor, you’ve taught us about all sorts of different political theories, but what are your political beliefs?” To which my response ...

A new study lays blame on Americans in this age group for fueling political polarization on social media. The study from the AI platform Socialprofiler reveals that it’s older generations who are ...

Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024 -- Some commentators have taken an aggressive interest in Taylor Swift's motivations for being around the NFL. Her fans remain unswayed. Taylor Swift often encourages her fans ...

Can a bad person be a good leader? Machiavelli may have an answer. What if a person is a good leader… and a bad person? In this episode of Crash Course Political Theory, we unpack that idea through ...

Is utopia just too utopian? Explore visions of utopia from Plato to bell hooks. Is utopia just too utopian? In this episode of Crash Course Political Theory, we’ll explore visions of utopia from Plato ...

Paul Schiff Berman, Walter S. Cox Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School Paul Schiff Berman is one of the world’s foremost theorists on the interactions among legal systems. He is ...