Tag: Ronald Reagan
A less Trumpy version of Trumpism might be the future of...
Morgan Marietta, University of Massachusetts Lowell and David C. Barker, American University School of Public Affairs
Donald Trump lost...
Jimmy Carter’s lasting Cold War legacy
Robert C. Donnelly, Gonzaga University
Jimmy Carter was a dark horse Democratic presidential candidate with little national recognition when he beat Republican incumbent Gerald Ford...
Nixon and Reagan tried closing the border to pressure Mexico –...
Aileen Teague, Brown University
Just a week ago, President Donald Trump appeared poised to take the drastic step of closing the U.S.-Mexico border to both...
George H.W. Bush laid the foundation for education reform
Jack Schneider, University of Massachusetts Lowell
George H.W. Bush fulfilled his desire – articulated late in his 1988 campaign for president – to be “the...
What exactly is the point of the border?
Michael Blake, University of Washington
The past few weeks have seen widespread outrage over the Trump administration’s now-defunct policy of separating migrant families at the...
How Christian media is shaping American politics
Jason C. Bivins, North Carolina State University
For Americans growing up between the 1950s and the 1980s, religion was not a regular presence on television....
Red state, blue state: How colors took sides in politics
David Scott Kastan, Yale University
When Americans hear some pundits projecting a “blue wave” in the 2018 midterm elections, they understand that this is a...
When image trumps ideology: How JFK created the template for the...
Steven Watts, University of Missouri-Columbia
Even at John F. Kennedy’s centennial on May 29, 2017, the 35th president remains an enigma. We still...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
