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Can We Rebuild Trust in Congress?
How Congressional Dysfunction Paved the Road to Political Violence
Oct 15, 2025
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Shutdown Before the Fall?
Why this routine "crisis" should serve as a warning.
Oct 1, 2025
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The End of American Dominance
This Is How We Will Lose.
Jul 1, 2025
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A Dissertation on Democracy
Dec 30, 2022
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The Oil Men
Jan 25, 2023
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The End of American Dominance
Jul 1, 2025
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What Scientists Get Wrong About Congress
May 13, 2025
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The Fiction of American Democracy
Dec 19, 2022
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The Rise of Anti-Intellectualism
Jan 4, 2023
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What Scientists Get Wrong About Congress
In policy conversations, relationships—over research—shape outcomes.
May 13, 2025
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Back to the Beginning
It's time to return to DC.
Jul 13, 2024
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Left out of the Room Where it Happens
Barriers to Serving in Senior Congressional Staff Roles May Limit “Representative” Science Policymaking
Apr 12, 2024
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In My Defense
It’s been a few months since I posted here.
Apr 2, 2024
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The "Terrible" 10% Get the Most Airtime
Much of what happens on Capitol Hill doesn’t make the news.
Dec 13, 2023
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"Follow the Science?"
Data isn't enough to achieve the best possible evidence-based policy outcomes.
Dec 6, 2023
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Let's Begin.
Within hundreds of pages of text from my interviews with senior congressional staffers are hours of insightful commentary.
Dec 2, 2023
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