Stone Age Brain
Rick Shenkman is the author of "Political Animals: How Our Stone Age Brain Gets in the Way of Smart Politics" (Basic Books, 2016). You can sign up for Rick's blog! Just submit your email address below and you'll receive an email every time he blogs. It's free. Your email will never be sold or transferred.
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May 16, 2022
Is the Wild West Responsible for Violence in America? (Video)
by Stone Age Brain
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May 16, 2022
The best books to understand why voters often behave irrationally
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Apr 19, 2022
Any Boy Can Be President (Video)
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Feb 26, 2022
War Propaganda: It's an Old Story (Video)
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Feb 4, 2022
Presidents Day – Myths About Those Two Guys, Abe and George
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Jan 19, 2022
Biden's First Anniversary: His Crime? He's Human
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Aug 9, 2021
Nothing I Learned as a Historian Over 45 Years Prepared Me for This Moment
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Feb 5, 2021
Why Voters Shouldn't Be Given the Chance to Re-Elect Donald Trump
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Oct 31, 2020
What Can Evolutionary Psychology Tell Us About Our Reaction to Covid?
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Oct 15, 2020
Vaughn Davis Bornet, RIP at 102
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Oct 4, 2020
Presidents Lie About Their Health More Than Any Other Subject
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Jul 4, 2020
We’re All Historians Now
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Jan 7, 2020
Our GOP Problem
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Jan 7, 2020
Should We Be Scared of Rightwing Populism?
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Oct 9, 2019
Saudi Arabia's Pearl Harbor
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Sep 8, 2019
Should We Give Up on Democracy?
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Apr 16, 2019
I Stuck with Nixon. Here’s Why Science Says I Did It.
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Oct 3, 2018
Why Can't Americans Accept the Fact that Columbus Was Not a Hero?
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Jul 23, 2018
Trump's treating his voters like chumps
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Jun 15, 2018
The Psychology Behind the Trump Cult
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