Abraham Lincoln’s Dreams
Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, and in honor of his birthday I am reposting a brief essay about four dreams he reportedly experienced while President: a visitation dream, a dream... [Read more of this post]
The Impact of September 11 on Dreaming
This is an article I wrote with Tracey Kahan, Professor of Psychology at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California that examines the dream journals of twenty-one college students in the... [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... [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... [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... [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... [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,... [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,... [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... [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... [Read more of this post]
