Joe Lieberman’s Farewell Dream
“He [Lieberman] was feeling loose now, so much so that he began telling aides about a dream he’d had the other night in which long-dead Democratic Connecticut Governor John Dempsey had walked across... [Read more of this post]
Dreams, Society and Politics: Reference Links
American Dreamers: What Dreams Tell Us about the Political Psychology of Conservatives, Liberals, and Everyone Else (book) “Dreaming of War in Iraq: A Preliminary Report” (article) “Dreams Reflect... [Read more of this post]
The Strange Politics of Dreaming
What does it mean that conservative Republicans have almost three times as many nightmares as do liberal Democrats? When I presented this research finding at a recent conference of the Association for... [Read more of this post]
Iraqi Nightmares
“I slept very well my first two nights in New York and had no dreams, but I think it was because of the jetlag. The rest of my nights have been full of dreams and nightmares. In one dream I am stuck... [Read more of this post]
A conversation about the American Dream with Jim McDermott
Thanks again to an introduction provided by Tom Campbell, a former U.S. representative himself (and my uncle-in-law), I also interviewed Jim McDermott, a nine-term representative from the seventh congressional... [Read more of this post]
A Conversation with Martin Anderson, biographer of Ronald Reagan
A conversation about the American Dream with Martin Anderson, biographer of Ronald Reagan Thanks to the kind intercession of Tom Campbell, then Dean of the Haas School of Business at U.C. Berkeley, I... [Read more of this post]
Rich Men Dream More About Sex than the Rest of Us
And they may be better lucid dreamers to. This and other tidbits were made plain in my research for the book American Dreamers. What follows is some of the data that compares sleep, income, and dream... [Read more of this post]
Dreaming of War in Iraq: A Preliminary Report
Sleep and Hypnosis 2004, 6(1): 19-28 Introduction. In earlier writings I have explored the political dimensions of dreams in relation to U.S. Presidential elections[i], the terrorist attack of September... [Read more of this post]
Sleep Deprivation Is Torture
“The former C.I.A. officer, who is knowledgeable about the interrogation program, explained that, ‘Sleep deprivation works. Your electrolyte balance changes. You lose all balance and ability to... [Read more of this post]
An Exchange with Political Psychologist John Jost
In January of 2008 I had an email exchange with John Jost, political psychologist at NYU and lead author of the 2003 article, “Political Conservativism as Motivated Social Cognition.” (Psychological... [Read more of this post]
