America has never been truly isolationist, and Trump isn't either
Jan 29, 2017 23:37 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Donald Trump is often called an isolationist. Some commentators argue he has revived a dormant isolationist tradition that goes all the way back to the Revolution. His slogan America First, which featured prominently in...
How the US's Christian conservatives got back in the political game
Jan 29, 2017 23:34 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The demise of the Christian right has been prophesied on numerous occasions, but its never come to pass. Far from it: with the Trump administration taking shape, the movement is prepared to take power and exert influence...
2017 isn't '1984' – it's stranger than Orwell imagined
Jan 28, 2017 07:54 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
A week after President Donald Trumps inauguration, George Orwells 1984 is the best-selling book on Amazon.com. The hearts of a thousand English teachers must be warmed as people flock to a novel published in 1949 for...
Trump takes on federal workforce of 2.8 million that's showing signs of stress
Jan 28, 2017 07:45 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
On Jan. 20, President Trump became the head of a sprawling federal bureaucracy. His first major actions as manager were to freeze federal hiring, curb the public statements of federal scientists and reportedly ask the...
Trump's America – the land of the not-so-free press
Jan 28, 2017 06:53 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The Trump offensive in both senses of the word against the media continues unabated. The already fraught relationship now appears to have taken a more sinister turn with the news that six journalists who were arrested...
Jan 28, 2017 06:33 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Hey, remember 2016? When all those beloved celebrities kept dying and we couldnt wait for the year to be over? Were now less than a month into 2017 and a week into Donald Trumps presidency, and the internet finds itself...
Truthiness and alternative facts: meaning is a moveable feast
Jan 28, 2017 06:18 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Sales of George Orwells Nineteen Eighty-Four have apparently surged since Kellyanne Conway introduced the phrase alternative facts into public discourse. For many, the term is reminiscent of Orwells dystopian Newspeak,...