Monthly Archives: July 2020

Ask Professor Burge 4 – Overlap and Separation of Religion and the State

by | July 31, 2020

— By Scott Douglas Jacobsen Professor Ryan Burge‘s website states: “I am an Assistant Professor of Political Science as well as the Graduate Coordinator at Eastern Illinois University. I teach in a variety of areas, including American institutions, political behavior, and research methods. My research focuses largely on the intersection between religiosity and political behavior (especially… Read more »

Ask Jon 15 – Evidence-Based Policy-Making

by | July 30, 2020

— By Scott Douglas Jacobsen Jonathan Engel, J.D. is the President of the Secular Humanist Society of New York. Here we talk about evidence-based policy. *Interview conducted on June 22, 2020.* Scott Douglas Jacobsen: So, you’ve been doing some reflection on evidence-based policy making and some research on the numbers of guns in the United States. What is… Read more »

Ask Jon 14 – ‘It’s not then. It’s today.’

by | July 28, 2020

— By Scott Douglas Jacobsen Jonathan Engel, J.D. is the President of the Secular Humanist Society of New York. Here we talk about American social issues. *Interview conducted on June 15, 2020.* Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Today, we are going to talk about a letter to the editor of The New York Times by you. What was the instigation… Read more »

Ask Professor Burge 3 – “Power is not a means; it is an end.”

by | July 28, 2020

— By Scott Douglas Jacobsen Professor Ryan Burge‘s website states: “I am an Assistant Professor of Political Science as well as the Graduate Coordinator at Eastern Illinois University. I teach in a variety of areas, including American institutions, political behavior, and research methods. My research focuses largely on the intersection between religiosity and political behavior (especially… Read more »

Ask Jon 13 – A Story About U.S.: It’s All About Me, Me, Me

by | July 27, 2020

— By Scott Douglas Jacobsen Jonathan Engel, J.D. is the President of the Secular Humanist Society of New York. Here we talk about America now. *Interview conducted on July 20, 2020.* Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What’s new with America in the midst of its pandemic now? Jonathan Engel: I think there’s a lot of talk about states that… Read more »