Hi. I’ve taught in Higher Education for six years, including the classes of Political Science, Sociology, History, and Computers. I am also familiar with Anthropology, Psychology, [the dreaded] Economics, Statistics, Geography, and other social science courses. I work on a donation basis because I aim to gain efficacy, really. I’m a coach (or tutor) regarding…
Book Review: The Shaping of American Liberalism: The Debates over Ratification, Nullification, and Slavery by David F. Ericson (Jun 1, 1993). Ericson describes bridges between studies of liberalism, republicanism and pluralism and their essence therein. The pillars holding up the bridges come from an analysis of (1) the ends of political society, (2) the nature…
*Tacitus’s writings are known for their dense prose that seldom glosses the facts. He writes with brevity of description rather than embellishment (Wikipedia). If a picture is worth a thousand words, here’s a picture on Culture Research for Political Scientists….considering something Tacitus might say. ******** ** Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (/ˈtæsɨtəs/; Classical Latin: [ˈtakɪtʊs]; c. AD 56 –…
Without scientific verification of the soul (i.e., call to the physical sciences), the social sciences are left with only free will. The people are able to create their own ideology, regardless of circumstances; however, the people live under state / society rules and regulations (i.e., circumstances). If the soul was verified, then free will would need…
Riker (a famous political scientist) once said that political science was dismal science, simply because you could not trust perception in the social world the same way “the real scientists” could reveal the laws of physical science. People can change their minds. Like, while “real scientists” can tell you the distance to the moon as well as the gravity there for the average Joe; political…
Ron Paul, in his Farewell Address from the U.S. House of Representatives, 2012, said: American now suffers from a culture of violence. It’s easy to reject the initiation of violence against one’s neighbor but it’s ironic that the people arbitrarily and freely anoint government officials with monopoly power to initiate violence against the American people—practically…
This post is an “Interlude,” which means I am just musing. This post pontificates upon the recent Supreme Court ruling to axe part of the Voting Rights Act. Like, in my dissertation, I examine the political languages of authoritarianism, liberalism, and republicanism–and then discover if the languages are empirically present in America as a response to…
Born of evangelical, Republican parents, I was raised in Sterling Heights, Michigan. In 1995, I went to James Madison College, inside of Michigan State—Go Green. My major, Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy, made me more curious about American government. I voted for Dole in 1996 and W. Bush in 2000 (and for McCain in the…
Below is an excerpt from my first novel, N. Awakening; The Origin of the Nobill Revolution. I self-published this novel before entering the PhD political science program. Will Durant said in The Story of Philosophy that to be a philosopher the author must actually describe a way to live. In short, N. Awakening describes a…
Reflexivity has become a major topic in the philosophy, sociology, and politics of science. Reflexivity, as a tool, it is able to elucidate the processes of scientific methods. The tool of reflexivity is designed to elucidate both the scientist and the scientific study. Reflexivity is an exceptional tool to analyze the framework of paradigms. This…
Political Pipeline 