One of the classic blunders of punditry is to write about politics right before the election. So, let’s look at what politics might be like after the election. One prediction is easy: Expect a lot more political inconsistency and hypocrisy. The term “realignment” gets used and abused a lot, because people have agreed to use […]
Donald Trump’s outrageous claims about immigrants, election fraud and more seem absurd to many of us, especially on the left — outright fabrications that no reasonable person could believe. But new research conducted with our colleagues reveals something unsettling: Gullibility and delusion are not confined to Trump’s supporters, opposers or any specific group. The battle […]
Imagine someone needs to convince you of a surprising fact — say, that your partner is cheating on you. Your best friend might be direct: “They’re cheating on you!” They might even exaggerate a little to get you extra worked up: “It’s been going on for ages! They’re parading around all over town!” But a […]
If she reaches the White House, Harris’s identity as a Black South Asian woman from a middle-class background would mark a pivotal moment for intersectional feminism. The term may sound jargony to some, but it simply explains how multiple social identities influence individuals’ experiences. A Harris presidency could reshape the narratives surrounding Black women and […]
Words matter. Especially when uttered by a president, and especially overseas. “Speak softly, and carry a big stick,” Theodore Roosevelt advised, though he never envisioned a successor would prove capable of obliterating cities half a world away in under half an hour. That nuclear stick is pretty big indeed, capable since 1945 of keeping our […]
Donald Trump’s fascination with genetics, especially his own “good genes” of the white European sort, as well as the “bad genes” of the you-know-which types, has always been creepy. I won’t compare him to Hitler; I leave that to historians and JD Vance. Here’s Vance in 2016, before Trump’s election: Writing to a former Yale […]
Nick Dedeke is an associate teaching professor at Northeastern University, Boston. His research interests include digital transformation strategies, ethics, and privacy. His research has been published in IEEE Management Review, IEEE Spectrum, and the Journal of Business Ethics. He holds a PhD in Industrial Engineering from the University of Kaiserslautern-Landau, Germany. The opinions in […]
