The WikiLeaks CIA release: When will we learn?
The world is searching – will we protect ourselves? Graphic via shutterstock.com Richard Forno, University of Maryland, Baltimore County and Anupam Joshi, University of Maryland,…
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Five Ways The GOP Health Bill Would Reverse Course From The ACA
By Julie Rovner After literally years of promises, House Republicans finally have a bill they say will “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act. Some…
Trump’s revised travel ban still faces legal challenges
Men watch the TV news in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 6, 2017. AP Photo/Hadi Mizban Steven Mulroy, University of Memphis President Trump’s new executive order…
With ‘Trumpcare’ On Horizon, Voters Go Wobbly On Repeal
By Jay Hancock As candidate Donald Trump hammered the Affordable Care Act last year as “a fraud,” “a total disaster” and “very bad health insurance,”…
Why politicians think they know better than scientists – and why that’s so dangerous
Making a point at a Washington, D.C. protest in January. stephenmelkisethian/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND Elizabeth Suhay, American University One of the most unexpected political developments in…
Daily Source Bias Check: Kaiser Family Foundation
LEAST BIASED These sources have minimal bias and use very few loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes)….
‘Alternative facts’: A psychiatrist’s guide to twisted relationships to truth
Does your nose grow if it’s a falsehood, not a lie? Thomas Hawk, CC BY-NC Ronald W. Pies, Tufts University The phrase “alternative facts” has…
Trump’s address to Congress: Expert reaction
Photo Source: Wikimedia Jordan Tama, American University School of International Service; Greg Wright, University of California, Merced, and J.B. Silvers, Case Western Reserve University Editor’s…
Trump is right: stories will dry up if the press can’t use anonymous sources
Photo Source: Wikimedia Judith Townend, University of Sussex and Richard Danbury, De Montfort University Donald Trump has declared war on anonymous sources and wants to…
Seeking truth among ‘alternative facts’
CC BY-SA 3.0 NY Peter Neal Peregrine, Lawrence University Part of what I do as an archaeologist is judge between competing claims to truth. Indeed,…