This lede makes no sense: "Congress learned some hard lessons about the limits of its power during the first year of the second Trump administration..." They did not in fact learn any lessons about how powers they entirely declined to exercise might have worked. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/u...

Was not expecting to read today that on Black Friday, a raccoon broke in, got drunk, and passed out in the bathroom of the liquor store just off campus. And yet, it also seems like a very Ashland thing to happen.

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How about high-speed rail on earth?

Senator Cory Booker got into some ‘good trouble’ and the consequences are still reverberating writes @lmcbell.bsky.social of Randolph-Macon College blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

Snoop and Tom Brady: say no to hate Kendrick: actually

Again, a decade from now "AI skills" will be a commodity, & the scarce resource in the labor market will (once again) be individuals who can think, write, analyze, & communicate, as it has been forever and always. And we'll still be fighting tired, age-old battles defending the liberal arts.

It wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without a perfectly smoked turkey, thanks to @webergrills.bsky.social. 🦃🍗🍽

You used to call me on my self-own

Bookmarking this for syllabus updates. As always, great work by @jdrackey.bsky.social and @lmcbell.bsky.social

Post a picture you took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline.

These days I really wish I’d studied turf management in college instead of history and political science. I think I’d be a lot happier.

Trump is highly abnormal but this campaign outcome is standard poli sci: -Incumbent parties perform poorly when the public is unhappy with the economy -Most people don't pay very close attention or have consistent ideological views -Election-specific variation often takes the form of a uniform swing

Don’t know where this came from but I think it might be the poster from a John Hughes movie.

The Carl Albert Center is recruiting a graduate Fellow to earn a PhD in political science from OU Political Science. Our package includes 5 years of funding with year 1 as a TA for the intro class, 2-4 as a RA or TA for CAC faculty, and a 5th year dedicated to finishing your dissertation.

Hey Virginians--tomorrow, October 15, is the last day to register to vote before the Nov. 5th election. Verify or register TODAY!