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]
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]
Bush, Clinton, and the politics of sleep deprivation
Bush, Clinton, and the politics of sleep deprivation Falling asleep involves a very real return to nature, a surrender of conscious control to the innate needs of the biological organism that is our body. ... [Read more of this post]
American Dreamers: Let's Focus on the Focus Group
Here is some information about the dreamers who made up the focus group for the research in my book American Dreamers. The 10 members of the “dreamers focus group” Elizabeth is a fifty-eight year... [Read more of this post]
Is My Dream Research Biased? A Quick Look at Limitations and Suppositions
When I wrote my book, American Dreamers: What Dreams Tell Us about the Political Psychology of Conservatives, Liberals, and Everyone Else, I expected some resistance such as: Dreams are crazy nonsense. Response:... [Read more of this post]
Do Conservatives Sleep Better at Night than Liberals?
What do political ideology and sleeping habits have to do with each other? Lots, as it turns out. The data below is excerpted from my book American Dreamers. Sleep and dream poll results: Political... [Read more of this post]
Tech Dreams By Mike Boland Forbes 2001
The Jung and the Sleepless: Techno-geeks talk about their dreams We’ve always known those working in tech to be a bit different. Now it’s evident that even their dreams have taken on new forms-... [Read more of this post]
Dream-Sharing Groups, Spirituality, and Community
The sharing of dreams in group settings has played a prominent role in communi ties throughout history. An thropologists and historians have provided detailed reports of dream-shar ing practices found... [Read more of this post]
Dreams Reflect Our Waking World
(Santa Clara Magazine, Spring 2003, 8-11) Are dreams meaningful revelations of truth, or just deceptive gibberish? That is a question humans have been debating for thousands of years. Some of the earliest... [Read more of this post]
Dream Content and Political Ideology
LIST OF THE DREAMS Appendix 1 FL 1 COOK KILLS HER MOTHER I was at my house with my mom, my younger sister, and my younger brother and his friends. My brother and his friends were watching a sports game... [Read more of this post]
