I am a lapsed political scientist. This is not a confession but a statement of fact. Not that I have been drummed out of the American Political Science Association (hereafter APSA or Association). Quite the contrary, like thousands of fellow lapsees, I am permitted to hold nominal membership in the Guild through the annual payment of dues. In defiance of the poly sci gospel that elections don't really count, I even have continued to discharge my electoral responsibilities for the selection of APSA officers and Council.