Tag: Donald Trump
What the Heaven’s Gate suicides say about American culture
Ben Zeller, Lake Forest College
Heaven’s Gate – also known as the “UFO cult” – burst into American consciousness 20 years ago this...
Russia, an alleged coup and Montenegro’s bid for NATO membership
Vesko Garcevic, Boston University
Testifying before a congressional committee, FBI Director James Comey has confirmed that his agency is investigating links between the...
Trump’s address to Congress: Expert reaction
Jordan Tama, American University School of International Service; Greg Wright, University of California, Merced, and J.B. Silvers, Case Western Reserve University
Editor’s note:...
Seeking truth among ‘alternative facts’
Peter Neal Peregrine, Lawrence University
Part of what I do as an archaeologist is judge between competing claims to truth. Indeed, you could say this...
White House in turmoil shows why Trump’s no CEO
Bert Spector, Northeastern University
Throughout the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump made much of his business experience, claiming he’s been “creating jobs and rebuilding neighborhoods...
Five lessons Trump could learn from Lincoln
Donald Nieman, Binghamton University, State University of New York
How will Donald Trump observe Presidents Day?
Will he have the inclination or take the...
What makes a mountain, hill or prairie a ‘sacred’ place for...
Rosalyn R. LaPier, Harvard University
For several months Native American protesters and others have been opposing the building of the Dakota Access Pipeline. The plans...
Trump loses appeal, but travel ban fight isn’t over yet
Steven Mulroy, University of Memphis
Thursday’s appellate court opinion, which denied President Donald Trump’s appeal concerning his immigrant ban executive order, was unsurprising. It cautiously...
EXPLORING NATURE
‘This year nearly broke me as a scientist’ – US researchers...
Carrie McDonough, Carnegie Mellon University; Brian G. Henning, Gonzaga University; Cara Poland, Michigan State University; Nathaniel M. Tran, University of Illinois Chicago;...
