Sammy Smooha's "ethnic democracy" model challenged the notion of the uniqueness of Israel by setting it as the archetype of a special type of democracy: "ethnic democracy". But contrary to what Smooha suggests, Israel's national identity is indeed unique. In each of Smooha's East European...
How Spotlight discovered Aaron Hernandez’s dark secrets Wednesday, September 18th • Segment In 2018, editor Patricia Wen led a team of reporters to investigate the star player’s life and death. Her team’s reporting inspired the new TV series, “American Sports...
granting us comfort and security in our “superior” cultural identity. Spellbound and flattered we live by our favorite mythological maxims: “Founding Fathers”, “democracy”, “Constitution”, “Rule of Law”, and “greatest country ever”. Our politic...
On the New York side of the Portal by Vice-Consul General Gareth Hargadon and Elizabeth Stack, Executive Director of the American Irish Historical Society carried a set of Bronze Shoes. The event was a symbolic handing over of Bronze Shoes and a promise of the extension of the GIFW to the...
Even though intellectual disability raises unique challenges in providing sexuality education, there are standards of educational practice that should remain the same regardless of with whom a sexuality educator is working. In 1976, Jack Annon developed the PLISSIT model as an approach to sex therapy...
The final big loser is Al-Qaeda, for the reasons I've already outlined. While the Arab Spring could be a fairly good thing for Al-Qaeda in Yemen, the United States still has a pretty aggressive campaign against them. The United States was able to kill Anwar Al...
The need for competent and faithful administration is not unique to AI, and it is not a problem we can look to AI to solve. Serious policymakers from both sides of the aisle should recognize the imperative for public-interested leaders not to abdicate control of the future of AI to corporat...
6. Connect to personal experience: Connect the event to your own personal experiences, such as thinking about how the values of the American Revolution relate to your own beliefs about freedom and democracy. Why does elaboration help you study?
Eight years ago Shenkman raised these questions inJust How Stupid Are We? Facing the Truth About the American Voter, but few at the time were convinced our democracy was in trouble. Then Donald Trump came along. What Trump proved is that exploiting voters' anger works. The burning question ...
Disinformation is false information that is designed to mislead others and is deliberately spread with the intent to manipulate truth and facts. The spread of mis- and disinformation creates challenges for society, including fordemocracy. Deliberately creating and spreading disinformation has become a key...