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How the 'Greatest Showman' paved the way for Donald Trump

  • Written by Michael Greenwald, Emeritus Professor of Theater, Texas A&M University
image'I don’t care what they say about me,' P.T. Barnum once said, 'as long as they spell my name correctly.'Everett Historical/Shutterstock.com

Historian James Cook, in his 2001 book “The Arts of Deception,” points to July 1835 as “the birth date of modern American popular culture.”

That month, a frustrated grocer named...

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Taxing the rich to help the poor? Here's what the Bible says

  • Written by Mathew Schmalz, Associate Professor of Religion, College of the Holy Cross
imageBiblical principles have provided an understanding on how to help the needy.Lamppost Collective/Shutterstock.com

The new tax reform bill has led to an intense debate over whether it would help or hurt the poor. Tax reform in general raises critical issues about whether the government should redistribute income and promote equality in the first...

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For baby's brain to benefit, read the right books at the right time

  • Written by Lisa Scott, Associate Professor in Psychology, University of Florida
imageHow can you maximize reading's rewards for baby?aijiro/Shutterstock.com

Parents often receive books at pediatric checkups via programs like Reach Out and Read and hear from a variety of health professionals and educators that reading to their kids is critical for supporting development.

The pro-reading message is getting through to parents, who...

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What will Trump's declaration on Jerusalem mean to Palestinians?

  • Written by Maha Nassar, Assistant Professor in the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies, University of Arizona

When President Donald Trump on Dec. 5 recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, he not only effectively endorsed Israel’s de facto annexation of East Jerusalem, which Palestinians have also long claimed as their own – he also radically altered the direction of American foreign policy in the Middle East.

Since 1993, successive...

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Honduras's election crisis is likely to end in violence

  • Written by Lirio Gutiérrez Rivera, Assistant Professor in Political Science, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
imageViolence erupted across Honduras as the country responded to a presidential election that's too close to call. No matter who wins, the bloodshed is likely to continue.AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd

The violent election crisis in Honduras, where both incumbent President Juan Orlando Hernández and challenger Salvador Nasralla are claiming victory in the...

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Will artificial intelligence become conscious?

  • Written by Subhash Kak, Regents Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Oklahoma State University
imageWhat's the link between technology and consciousness?AlexLMX/Shutterstock.com

Forget about today’s modest incremental advances in artificial intelligence, such as the increasing abilities of cars to drive themselves. Waiting in the wings might be a groundbreaking development: a machine that is aware of itself and its surroundings, and that...

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California fire damage to homes is less 'random' than it seems

  • Written by Faith Kearns, Academic Coordinator, California Institute for Water Resources, University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
imageCan California update its building codes to minimize fire damage?AP Photo/Jae C. Hong

In the midst of the many wildfireemergencies that have faced California this year, it can often seem that the way houses burn, or don’t, is random.

The thing is, though, it’s not. Firefighters and researchers alike have a pretty solid understanding of...

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Who's to blame for keeping Time's #MeToo 'silence breakers' silent?

  • Written by Elizabeth C. Tippett, Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Oregon
imageTime magazine recognized the #MeToo movement as its 'person' of the year.Faye Sadou/MediaPunch/IPX

Time magazine just named the #MeToo movement its “person” of the year, recognizing the women and men who raised their voices against abuses of power as the “silence breakers.”

For decades, victims of sexual harassment have...

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Eating out might be devouring your food budget – and you probably have no idea

  • Written by Amit Sharma, Professor, Hospitality Finance, Director, Food Decisions Research Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University
imageDiners eat at Katz's Delicatessen in New York, New York.Seth Wenig/AP Photo

If you were to guess how much you spend on eating out per month, chances are you’ll miss the mark by a quite a bit.

In a recent study, I found that adults tend to underestimate how much they spend on eating out by more than twice what they’re actually spending.

Th...

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Why Trump's evangelical supporters welcome his move on Jerusalem

  • Written by Julie Ingersoll, Professor of Religious Studies, University of North Florida
imageWhy Jerusalem matters to evangelicals.jaime.silva, CC BY-NC-ND

President Trump’s announcement on Wednesday, Dec. 6 that the U.S. would recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel received widespread criticism. Observers quickly recognized the decision as related not so much to national security concerns as to domestic U.S. politics and...

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  5. The GOP tax plan, state and local taxes deductions – and you
  6. What better forensic science can reveal about the JFK assassination
  7. CVS merger with Aetna: Health care cure or curse?
  8. Why aren't Hollywood films more diverse? The international box office might be to blame
  9. How the tax package could sap the flow of charitable giving
  10. Literature has long been sounding the alarm about sexual violence in Hollywood
  11. How a group of California nuns challenged the Catholic Church
  12. Venezuela's elections are just a new way for Maduro to cling to power
  13. Bajo Maduro, las elecciones venezolanas son otra forma de mantener el poder
  14. The obscure federal agency that soon could raise your electric bill: 5 questions answered on FERC
  15. President Trump's national monument rollback is illegal and likely to be reversed in court
  16. The constitutional right to education is long overdue
  17. Why the president's anti-Muslim tweets could increase tensions
  18. A new collaborative approach to investigate what happens in the brain when it makes a decision
  19. How the tax bill opens wide a big back door to overhaul health care
  20. Turning hurricanes into music: Can listening to storms help us understand them better?
  21. Two little-known ways GOP tax bill would make chasm between rich and poor even wider
  22. Taking a second look at the learn-to-code craze
  23. Should lying to the FBI be a crime?
  24. When should you unfriend someone on Facebook?
  25. Why psychiatrists should not be involved in presidential politics
  26. Historic tax overhaul nears finish line: 5 essential reads
  27. The new tax bill will make Americans less healthy – and that's bad for the economy
  28. The latest threat to peace in Colombia: Congress
  29. The GOP doesn't care if you like their tax plan. Here's why
  30. The GOP doesn't care if you like its tax plan. Here's why
  31. Tax bill's attack on higher education undermines America's economic vitality
  32. Is the British monarchy actually adapting to changing social norms?
  33. Teaching machines to teach themselves
  34. Could the ERA pass in the #Metoo era?
  35. Why society should talk about forced sex in intimate relationships, too
  36. Stop criticizing bizarrely shaped voting districts. They might not be gerrymandered after all
  37. Who are the Baha'is and why are they so persecuted?
  38. Charles Manson and the perversion of the American dream
  39. In growing algae for biofuels, it matters who used the water last
  40. Why Silicon Valley wants you to text and drive
  41. Atomic age began 75 years ago with the first controlled nuclear chain reaction
  42. Got a boss who denies reality? A behavioral scientist's guide to tactful truth telling
  43. Kurdistan earthquake: politics creates roadblocks to relief
  44. Kurdistan earthquake: Politics create roadblocks to relief
  45. A tax increase that's proven to save lives
  46. As students near graduation, career and technical education provides a boost
  47. Living and aging well with HIV: New strategies and new research
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  49. Has Trump's presidency triggered the movement against sexual harassment?
  50. Taxpayers want more fairness. GOP plan to 'reform' the tax code doesn't deliver