Can withering public trust in government be traced back to the JFK assassination?
Ryan Kellus Turner, St. Edward's University
The recent release of the JFK files led to a surge of media coverage about the Kennedy assassination and...
Who will bury Charles Manson?
Tanya D. Marsh, Wake Forest University
Charles Manson, the wild-eyed cult leader who claimed inspiration for an apocalyptic race war from the Beatles’ “White Album,”...
Diapers, potties and split pants: Understanding toilet training around the world may help parents...
Alma Gottlieb, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Are two-year-olds too young to start toilet training?
For many children, yes. Especially boys. At least, that’s what American...
In an era of billionaire media moguls, do press unions stand a chance?
Marick Masters, Wayne State University
On Nov. 2, billionaire media owner Joe Ricketts abruptly shuttered the digital news sites DNAinfo and the Gothamist, terminating 116...
Researchers find pathological signs of Alzheimer’s in dolphins, whose brains are much like humans’
Maria Carolina Gallego-Iradi, University of Florida and David Borchelt, University of Florida
A team of scientists in the United Kingdom and the U.S. recently reported...
How a young Ernest Hemingway dealt with his first taste of fame
Verna Kale, Pennsylvania State University
When he published “The Sun Also Rises” in 1926, Ernest Hemingway was well-known among the expatriate literati of Paris and...
The magazine that inspired Rolling Stone
Peter Richardson, San Francisco State University
The 50th anniversary of Rolling Stone magazine has arrived, and not without fanfare. Joe Hagan’s biography of co-founder Jann...
The emotional challenges of student veterans on campus
Ann Cheney, University of California, Riverside
This Veterans Day, Americans will honor the heroism and sacrifice of the nearly 22 million men and women who...
