Tag: Donald Trump
Should Americans fear the ‘nuclear option’ in Congress?
Jon Gould, American University
Soon Senate Republicans are likely to consider a “nuclear option” to put Judge Neil Gorsuch on the Supreme Court....
Will Trump continue to pull from a pro wrestling playbook?
R. Tyson Smith, Muhlenberg College
During a panel at Harvard on March 7 on press and the presidency, political journalist Jessica Yellin described...
Study: 60 percent of rural millennials lack access to a political...
Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, Tufts University and Felicia Sullivan, Tufts University
Like older voters, young ones were divided by the 2016 presidential election.
A...
Republicans fumble ACA repeal: Expert reaction
Richard Arenberg, Brown University and Christopher Sebastian Parker, University of Washington
Editor’s note: The fight didn’t last long. Moments before a scheduled vote...
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...
EXPLORING NATURE
From ancient texts to modern practices, Daoism provides a profound framework...
Michael Naparstek, University of Tennessee
Daoism, China’s indigenous religion, is one of the country’s five officially recognized religions today....
