“Adrenaline kicked in as I raised a Trump rally sign and called out to the bully standing yards away. ‘Hey, Donald Trump! You’re a bigot!’ … As the crowd began to shout me down, I saw Trump turn.” Pete Mills, a first-year master’s candidate at Duke’s Sanford School, recounts what happened to him at a Donald Trump rally in North Carolina last week.
“Given the current ugly state of American politics, where bladder control, sexual potency and perspiration have become legitimate items of campaign discourse, our goal for Justin Trudeau's visit should be clear .. convince him to run for president,” suggests Stephen Kelly, a former American diplomat in Canada who now teaches at the Sanford School.
“People astonished at why Sanders and Trump have resonated with huge blocs should look in the mirror and ask when they themselves last sat down with someone who holds an uncomfortable contrary opinion, for an honest dialogue on finding a middle ground.”
“I wouldn’t deny that there are some wise people who are very old, although I would be a little bit questioning of how you would identify those people,” says law professor emeritus Paul Carrington.
“Let’s be honest. We are not going anywhere. It’s actually not about Canada, Australia, Turkey, or anywhere else. When people like me talk about ‘leaving America,’ what we really want is to leave behind what we have become,” writes Omid Safi.
Ph.D. candidate Eladio Bobadillo, a veteran of the Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom campaign, offers three simple suggestions for our next president: Get out of the Middle East; rely on diplomacy, not force; and take care of veterans.
A new independent institute located at Duke will work to preserve America’s national parks and protected areas through research, education and public outreach. “The benefits of this work will extend far beyond park borders,” says Jeffrey Vincent, Clarence F. Korstian Professor of Forest Economics and Management.
“Bernie Sanders would establish higher education as a ‘right,’ and bring us back to an era when public colleges and universities were free or virtually free -- only this time blacks will be included,” writes Duke professor William Darity Jr. and two co-authors.
“One of the things that is so striking is we have turnout rates in these states that’s absolutely tiny. This is where the establishment recognizes that just because Donald Trump wins a percentage of the primary voters in a given state does not at all mean that it’s going to translate in a general election.”
Political Protest
How I got kicked out of a Trump rally
“Adrenaline kicked in as I raised a Trump rally sign and called out to the bully standing yards away. ‘Hey, Donald Trump! You’re a bigot!’ … As the crowd began to shout me down, I saw Trump turn.” Pete Mills, a first-year master’s candidate at Duke’s Sanford School, recounts what happened to him at a Donald Trump rally in North Carolina last week.
Trump Supporters
Here’s why Trump’s supporters tolerate his ‘liberal’ economic positions
“Our recent research suggests that the psychological characteristics that draw voters to Trump may also make them open to his protectionism.”
The Washington Post
Canada’s Prime Minister
Canada’s Trudeau would make a great U.S. president
“Given the current ugly state of American politics, where bladder control, sexual potency and perspiration have become legitimate items of campaign discourse, our goal for Justin Trudeau's visit should be clear .. convince him to run for president,” suggests Stephen Kelly, a former American diplomat in Canada who now teaches at the Sanford School.
the Albany Times Union
Voter Behavior
The authenticity deficit in modern politics
“People astonished at why Sanders and Trump have resonated with huge blocs should look in the mirror and ask when they themselves last sat down with someone who holds an uncomfortable contrary opinion, for an honest dialogue on finding a middle ground.”
Cato Unbound
Term Limits
Scalia’s death revives call for Supreme Court term limits
“I wouldn’t deny that there are some wise people who are very old, although I would be a little bit questioning of how you would identify those people,” says law professor emeritus Paul Carrington.
WBUR’s “Here & Now”
Political Fallout
Leaving America: The land I want to move to
“Let’s be honest. We are not going anywhere. It’s actually not about Canada, Australia, Turkey, or anywhere else. When people like me talk about ‘leaving America,’ what we really want is to leave behind what we have become,” writes Omid Safi.
On Being
Foreign Policy
A veteran’s suggestions for our next commander-in-chief
Ph.D. candidate Eladio Bobadillo, a veteran of the Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom campaign, offers three simple suggestions for our next president: Get out of the Middle East; rely on diplomacy, not force; and take care of veterans.
Protecting Landmarks
Preserving America’s national parks
A new independent institute located at Duke will work to preserve America’s national parks and protected areas through research, education and public outreach. “The benefits of this work will extend far beyond park borders,” says Jeffrey Vincent, Clarence F. Korstian Professor of Forest Economics and Management.
Bernie Sanders
Sanders’ plan for ‘free college’ will not destroy historically black colleges
“Bernie Sanders would establish higher education as a ‘right,’ and bring us back to an era when public colleges and universities were free or virtually free -- only this time blacks will be included,” writes Duke professor William Darity Jr. and two co-authors.
the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Super Tuesday
Who is going to win Super Tuesday?
“One of the things that is so striking is we have turnout rates in these states that’s absolutely tiny. This is where the establishment recognizes that just because Donald Trump wins a percentage of the primary voters in a given state does not at all mean that it’s going to translate in a general election.”
the (Toronto) Globe and Mail