Blog Posts… Election Day a National Holiday 11 Nov 201911 Nov 2019 I published the following piece about making election day a national holiday in the Providence Journal. As I say toward the end of the Op-Ed: We are in the midst of…
Blog Posts… A Nation Without a Soul? A Response to Sarah L. Houser’s “Accountability Nationalism” 8 May 201711 Nov 2019 [NOTE: This piece first appeared in Starting Points, a Journal of the Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy] Nationalism and religious life are intricately intertwined in the United States. A “civil religion…
Blog Posts The Constitution: An Owner’s Manual Without Instructions 20 Mar 201711 Nov 2019 NOTE: This originally appeared on my personal profile through Huffington Post Contributor's platform. When I teach my introduction to Political Science class about the Constitution, I tell them to think of it…
Blog Posts… Bernie Sanders’s Religion Problem 1 Feb 201611 Nov 2019 There is a spectre haunting Bernie Sanders’s presidential run, but it isn’t the one you’re thinking. I’m talking about the other “S” word—not socialism, but secularism. It is a facet of…
Blog Posts… Nation with the Soul of a . . . Nondescript Religious Establishment 24 May 201511 Nov 2019 Last week I had the privilege of having my Op-Ed, "The Rise of the 'Nones,'" published in the Providence Journal. The piece can be found at the paper's opinions website, or read here…
Aaron Q. Weinstein, Ph.D. 