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Friends & Fellow Citizens#164: Inaugural F&FC Washington's Birthday Interview - Designing the Public Service Path of the Bush School feat. Dr. Charles HermannAlmost 30 years ago, Texas A&M University's Bush School of Government and Public Service was dedicated to continue the legacy of the late President George H.W. Bush. For this year's inaugural F&FC Presidents' Day Interview, founding Director of the Bush School Dr. Charles Hermann shares some insight and principles of the institution and its role in shaping public service in America.Check out Dr. Hermann's books below!When Things Go Wrong: Foreign Policy Decision Making under Adverse FeedbackCalled to Serve: The Bush School of Government and Public Service...
2025-02-1747 min
Our Paranormal Afterlife : Finding Proof of Life After DeathThe Ghost in the Time MachineIn this prize-winning essay for the 2021 Bigelow Institute for Consciousness Studies essay contest, Dr. Ruickbie examines the evidence for the survival of consciousness after death (“life after death”). Initially skeptical, he found that there was sufficient evidence from a wide variety of sources, including apparitions, reincarnation, near-death experiences, after-death communication, and premonitions, that met the contest’s criteria of being “beyond reasonable doubt.”Such claims are often dismissed as contravening the laws of physics; however, Ruickbie takes the ground-breaking approach of organizing the evidence as eye-witness testimony to the "block" universe (in which past, present and future exist at t...
2025-01-1510 min
Our Paranormal Afterlife : Finding Proof of Life After DeathUnpacking Survival of Human ConsciousnessIn this prize-winning essay for the 2021 Bigelow Institute for Consciousness Studies essay contest, Dr. Ruickbie examines the evidence for the survival of consciousness after death (“life after death”). Initially skeptical, he found that there was sufficient evidence from a wide variety of sources, including apparitions, reincarnation, near-death experiences, after-death communication, and premonitions, that met the contest’s criteria of being “beyond reasonable doubt.”Such claims are often dismissed as contravening the laws of physics; however, Ruickbie takes the ground-breaking approach of organizing the evidence as eye-witness testimony to the "block" universe (in which past, present and future exist at t...
2025-01-1357 min