And Nemo has returned from his walk and is also resting.

Thank you for saying so. I was beginning to wonder if it was just me. Being a broad, interdisciplinary political scientist, the journey has sometimes felt a tad lonesome. We need the full range of skills and insights. If we are only talking to other political scientists then we are doing it wrong.

First lecture always includes a statement (pretty much every year for past 25 years) that ‘the US constitution says exactly what the US Supreme Court says it says’. It used to be semi-humorous…

Well, leaving aside the fact that a voting plurality cast their support for a convicted felon… There is no use sentencing him to prison. However, he has been found guilty and must be sentenced. Symbolic? Heck, yes, but it shows the depth of difficulty that democracy in the USA is in (and elsewhere).

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