The Trump administration published a report Friday on climate change from its own scientists that left no doubt about its grim reality and its causes. … But there is little reason to think that yet another scientific report will fundamentally shift attitudes on global warming — either among policymakers or […] Read more »
Asian countries on Trump’s trip have largely positive views of U.S. but disagree on policy
President Donald Trump embarks on a five-country tour of Asia this week with plans to address North Korea’s nuclear program, economic relations and other issues important to the region and the United States. Over 12 days, Trump will travel to Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines. While majorities […] Read more »
America’s Top Fears 2017
The Chapman University Survey of American Fears Wave 4 (2017) provides an in-depth examination into the fears of average Americans. In May of 2017, a random sample of 1,207 adults from across the United States were asked their level of fear about eighty different fears across a huge variety of […] Read more »
How Donald Trump is negotiating like a hostage-taker
As a candidate, Donald Trump sold himself as a deal maker. As president, he’s governing more as a hostage taker. Across an array of domestic and foreign challenges, Trump’s go-to move has become to create what amounts to a political hostage situation. He’s either terminating, or threatening to terminate, a […] Read more »
Americans Don’t Think Much of Trump’s ‘America First.’ That’s Good, But …
“Not much” and “less and less” is What Americans Think About America First, as documented in the latest Chicago Council on Global Affairs public opinion report. That’s somewhat reassuring. But only somewhat. On one America First issue after another, the data show limited and declining support. … Just as with […] Read more »
California Is the Future
America is stuck between two historical eras. That’s the best way to understand the strange, unprecedented politics of Trump, the political polarization and paralysis of government, the deep dissatisfaction of public opinion, the lack of trust in all institutions — all of it. The post-Industrial era that blossomed in the second half […] Read more »