Jordan Peterson, Destroyed Glenn McLaren Education, Philosophy, Politics & Economics, Uncategorized Early in 2018 I was searching YouTube for Stephen Colbert’s latest monologue on the Trump administration and I discovered a lecture on problems with postmodernism and neo-Marxism in universities. Having...
We Estimate China Only Makes $8.46 From an iPhone – and That’s Why Trump’s Trade War is Futile Jason Dedrick, The Conversation, Greg Linden, The Conversation and Kenneth L. Kraemer, The Conversation Politics & Economics The Trump administration’s tariffs on China have so far targeted mostly industrial goods like aircraft engines and gas compressors. But the administration has also threatened to slap tariffs on US$200...
Breastfeeding Has Been the Best Public Health Policy Throughout History Joan Y. Meek, The Conversation Politics & Economics, Science & Medicine Breastfeeding has long been the gold standard for infant nutrition. The American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Family Physicians, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists,...
How Did This Nice Conservative Boy Become a Democrat? Bryan Van Norden Government, History, News, Politics, Politics & Economics, Thinks As a young man, I was primed, by both instinct and education, to become a conservative. My late father was chairman of the local Republican Party. I was raised on an intellectual diet of the Bible and the...
Immigration Roundup: The Politics, Economics, and History of American Immigration Reina Gattuso Politics & Economics, Uncategorized Immigration has been a major topic of national debate since the 2016 election. This reached a new level when President Trump's administration implemented the policy of separating children from their parents...
The long history of separating families in the US and how the trauma lingers Jessica Pryce, The Conversation Politics & Economics, Society & Culture During the last few weeks, hundreds of families have been separated, following the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy towards illegal immigrants. Even though the separations have reportedly...
Bad Guests? On the Role of House Visits in Aid Delivery in Urban Jordan Ann-Cristin Wagner, LSE Middle East Centre Politics & Economics, Society & Culture When I meet Abu Eisa, a well-established cook, he is busy preparing meals for poor Syrians for the first iftar of Ramadan. His hometown, Mafraq, a Jordanian border town close to Zaatari camp, is among the...
