What the presidential candidates' data can tell us about Trump and Clinton
Oct 18, 2016 02:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Its election season, and the candidates and campaigns eyes are on you, the voter. Figuring out what you think about something a candidate said last night or tweeted this morning is very big business. All this gathering of...
President Obama Is Available On Messenger, Other Government Agencies Encouraged To Follow
Oct 17, 2016 08:43 am UTC| Technology Politics
President Obama is now reachable via Facebook Messenger using a White House chat bot. Users can send the POTUS messages, ten of which will be read by him at the end of the day. The developers of the bot are now making it...
Prexit: as South Africa looks over the abyss who will blink?
Oct 13, 2016 08:14 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics Economy
Like the lemming that is about to throw itself off the proverbial cliff, South Africa appears unable to stop itself from preventing a self-inflicted act of such monumental folly that it could easily send Africas second...
WhatsApp: a great idea for mates but a terrible one for ministers
Oct 13, 2016 08:10 am UTC| Technology Politics
Cyber security experts have raised concerns about Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull and senior government ministers sending private and confidential information via the messaging service WhatsApp. WhatsApp and similar...
Donald Trump is taking a page from Reconstruction-era white supremacists
Oct 12, 2016 04:55 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Donald Trump has a lot in common with former Confederates white southerners who redeemed the South by bringing an end to Reconstruction 140 years ago. Like the Redeemers, Trump fears that electoral fraud threatens the...
Trump vs. Clinton: Three key moments from the second debate
Oct 10, 2016 06:58 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton took the debate stage Sunday evening. We asked three scholars from the Washington University in St. Louis, where the debate was held, to pick a key quote from the evening and tell us why it...
Trump and Clinton's second debate: American politics is in the gutter
Oct 10, 2016 06:54 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The second US presidential election debate was widely billed as a heavyweight bout. In the event it was a score draw but the clear loser was the American political process. This election continues to be a rollercoaster...